Agaveae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Tribe Agaveae

American aloe
agave
cantala
century plant
corita
false sisal
henequen
lechuguilla
maguey
sisal hemp

Hierarchical position of the Tribe Agaveae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn.
pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.
  
   SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Agavales Hutch.
pub. Fam. Fl. Pl. 2: 14, 149. 1934.
  
   Familia  Agavaceae Endl.
pub. Ench. Bot.: 105. 15-21 Aug 1841.
common name: Agaves
  
   Subfamilia  Agavoideae Herb.
pub. Amaryllidaceae: 48, 57, 67, 121. late Apr 1837.
  
   Tribus  Agaveae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 58. 1829.
  

Named members of the Tribe Agaveae

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   Genus  Agave L.
pub. (1753)
common name: agave
  

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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