Agave americana

TaxID: 39510

Basic Information

Agave americana

American Agave, American Century Plant, century plant

Agave americana, commonly known as the century plant, maguey, or American aloe, is a flowering plant species belonging to the family Asparagaceae. It is native to Mexico and the United States, specifically Texas. This plant is widely cultivated worldwide for its ornamental value and has become naturalized in various regions, including Southern California, the West Indies, South America, the Mediterranean Basin, Africa, the Canary Islands, India, China, Thailand, New Zealand and Australia. Despite being called "American aloe" in common parlance, Agave americana is not closely related to Aloe species.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Asparagales

Asparagaceae

Agave

americana

Unclassified

Photos (0 photos)

No photos available.

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (4 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Spain Regulated Invasive Alien Plant 2011
Nicaragua Absent —
Portugal Regulated Invasive Alien Plant 1999
French Polynesia Present —

Distribution (93 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

93
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Aruba Present —
Afghanistan Present —
Anguilla Present —
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Burundi Present —
Belgium Present —
Benin Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_032274545.1 Scaffold 2139 - 49 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR1371280,SRR1371281,SRR1371282 YoungLeaf_06pm Young - 7881685 missing
SRR1371283,SRR1371284,SRR1371285 YoungLeaf_12pm Young - 17908376 missing
SRR1371236,SRR1371237,SRR1371238,SRR1371239 Mixed_1 - - 495659 missing

DNA Barcodes (15 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
SDH2150-14 - rbcLa 519 United States 2012-05-15 33.23, -117.373
SAFH2990-11 - rbcLa 552 South Africa - -25.906, 27.238
SAFH2814-11 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 2011-03-19 -26.192, 28.007
SAFH2525-11 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 2010-12-12 -33.811, 18.377
GENG1821-17 - rbcL 510 India 2017-02-06 23.11336, 72.62422
GBVX896-13 - rbcL 700 - - -
GBVX895-13 - rbcL 700 - - -
GBVX894-13 - rbcL 690 - - -
GBVX626-13 - matK 857 - - -
GBVX625-13 - matK 857 - - -
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Literature