Agave americana: common name details from PIER

Common name/Language/Location

Common name	Language	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
agave d'Amérique	French	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
American agave	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
American-aloe	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
century-plant	English	?	Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 154)
choca	French	?	Lavergne, Christophe (2006)
cubuya negra	Spanish	Galápagos Islands	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
long she lan	Chinese	?	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
maguey	Chamorro	Guam Island	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 130)
maguey	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
malina	English	?	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 53)
penco	Spanish	Galápagos Islands	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
pita común	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
pite	French	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)

Language/Location/Common name

Language	Location	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Chamorro	Guam Island	maguey	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 130)
Chinese	?	long she lan	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
English	?	American agave	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
English	?	American-aloe	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
English	?	century-plant	Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 154)
English	?	malina	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 53)
French	?	agave d'Amérique	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
French	?	choca	Lavergne, Christophe (2006)
French	?	pite	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Spanish	?	maguey	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Spanish	?	pita común	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Spanish	Galápagos Islands	cubuya negra	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Spanish	Galápagos Islands	penco	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)

Location/Language/Common name

Location	Language	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
?	Chinese	long she lan	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
?	English	American agave	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	English	American-aloe	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	English	century-plant	Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 154)
?	English	malina	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 53)
?	French	agave d'Amérique	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	French	choca	Lavergne, Christophe (2006)
?	French	pite	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	Spanish	maguey	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	Spanish	pita común	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Galápagos Islands	Spanish	cubuya negra	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Galápagos Islands	Spanish	penco	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Guam Island	Chamorro	maguey	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 130)

Language/Common name/Location

Language	Common name	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Chamorro	maguey	Guam Island	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 130)
Chinese	long she lan	?	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
English	American agave	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
English	American-aloe	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
English	century-plant	?	Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 154)
English	malina	?	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 53)
French	agave d'Amérique	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
French	choca	?	Lavergne, Christophe (2006)
French	pite	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Spanish	cubuya negra	Galápagos Islands	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Spanish	maguey	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Spanish	penco	Galápagos Islands	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Spanish	pita común	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)

This page was created on 30 SEP 2005 by PT for PIER, and was last updated on 26 Feb 2019 by PIER.