Taxon:  Agave americana L. subsp. americana var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry



Summary
Genus:
Agave
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Agavoideae
Nomen number:
100786
Place of publication:
Agric. Handb. 399:80.  1972
Verified:
02/10/2003 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Agave americana L. (0 active accession[s])
Agave americana L. subsp. americana (0 active accession[s])
Agave americana L. subsp. americana var. americana (0 active accession[s])
Agave americana L. subsp. americana var. picta (Salm-Dyck) A. Terracc. (0 active accession[s])
Agave americana L. subsp. protamericana Gentry (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Agave expansa Jacobi

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Reference(s)
  1. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  2. Gentry, H. S. 1972. The agave family in Sonora. U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 399:80-84.
  3. Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of continental North America 283.
  4. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  5. McVaugh, R. 1989. Bromeliaceae to Dioscoreaceae. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 15:132.
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English spreading century-plant 1 FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2CultivatedNorthern America Mexico  
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona 
Cultivated
Northern America
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona]
  • REGION: Mexico
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodbeverage baseused to prepare pulqueMcVaugh, R. 1989. Bromeliaceae to Dioscoreaceae. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 15:132.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=100786. Accessed 2 August 2025.