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Agave americana
(Agavaceae)

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Species description or overview

Agave americana information from PIER
Information on Agave americana as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Agave americana
Nomenclatural information about Agave americana is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Agave americana
Nomenclatural information about Agave americana is provided by ITIS.

IPNI nomenclature info for Agave americana
Nomenclatural information about Agave americana is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Impacts

Agave americana (Agavaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Agave americana as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Images

Images of Agave americana (Agavaceae) (century plant)
Links to high-resolution free images of Agave americana (Agavaceae) (century plant) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Agave americana images from PIER
Images of Agave americana provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Books

A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants
Perry, Frances and Roy Hay. 1982. A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants. Ward Lock Limited, Great Britain. 136 pp. illus. ISBN: 0-442-26859-9. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

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