Agave americana: common name details from PIER

Common name/Language/Location

Common name Language Location PIER bibliographic reference Comments

American aloe English ? U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

century plant English ? Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 154)

choca French ? Lavergne, Christophe (2006)

cubuya negra Spanish Galápagos Islands Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

maguey Chamorro Guam Island Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 130)

malina English ? Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 53)

penco Spanish Galápagos Islands Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

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Language Location Common name PIER bibliographic reference Comments

Chamorro Guam Island maguey Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 130)

English ? American aloe U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

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 ? choca Lavergne, Christophe (2006)

Spanish Galápagos Islands cubuya negra Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

Spanish Galápagos Islands penco Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

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Location Language Common name PIER bibliographic reference Comments

? English American aloe U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

? 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 choca Lavergne, Christophe (2006)

Galápagos Islands Spanish cubuya negra Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

Galápagos Islands Spanish penco Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

Guam Island Chamorro maguey Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 130)

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Language Common name Location PIER bibliographic reference Comments

Chamorro maguey Guam Island Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 130)

English American aloe ? U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

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 choca ? Lavergne, Christophe (2006)

Spanish cubuya negra Galápagos Islands Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

Spanish penco Galápagos Islands Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

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This page was created on 30 SEP 2005 by PT for PIER, and was last updated on 7 Jan 2008 by PIER.

Common name	Language	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
American aloe	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
century plant	English	?	Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 154)
choca	French	?	Lavergne, Christophe (2006)
cubuya negra	Spanish	Galápagos Islands	Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)
maguey	Chamorro	Guam Island	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 130)
malina	English	?	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 53)
penco	Spanish	Galápagos Islands	Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)