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Agave americana L. (Sp. Pl. 323. 1753) Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (exotic) [Antigua, Martinique, ], Greater Antilles [ Cuba (exotic), Cayman Island (exotic), Hispaniola (exotic)[], Puerto Rico (cultivated)[ Magueyes,], Virgin Islands (exotic) ( St. John, St. Thomas, Virgin Gorda ) ], North America (native), Mexico (native), Central America (exotic), South America (exotic), Common Names: Agave (Puerto Rico), Century plant (Virgin Islands), Henequén (Puerto Rico), Maguey (Cuba), Maguey (Dominican Republic), Maguey (Puerto Rico), Pita (Puerto Rico), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. and M.T. Strong. 2005. Monocots and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52: 1-415. 2). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 3). Bello Espinosa, D. 1883. Apuntes para la flora de Puerto Rico. Segunda parte. Anal. Soc. Española de Hist. Nat. 12: 103-130. 4). Esquivel, M., H. Knüpffer, and K. Hammer. 1992. Inventory of the cultivated plants. Pp. 213-454. In: Hammer, K et al. (eds.) Origin, evolution and diversity of Cuban plant genetic resources. Gatersleben 5). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 6). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 7). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 8). Proctor, G.R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. 11: i-xii, 1-834. Her Majesty’s Staionery Office, London. 9). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 10). The Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project. Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/linnaean-typification/ 11). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Website: apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do Last edited 11 Mar 08 |