Asparagaceae

Maguey

Agave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck

Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Agave

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Maguey: Mexican, and one of the species used to make the fermented drink Pulque. UC Berkeley Gardens. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/asparagales/index.h — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (9)

Arabic: باهرة خضراء غامقة
arz: باهره خضراء غامقه
Chinese: 暗綠龍舌蘭, 暗绿龙舌兰
Czech: Agáve černozelená
English: Maguey
Japanese: アガヴェ・アトロヴィレンス
nah: Tlācametl
Polish: Agawa ciemnozielona
Vietnamese: Thùa trổ đen

Synonyms

Agave coccinea Roezl ex Jacobi

Photos

Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.