Asparagaceae

Agave potatorum Zucc.

Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Agave

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Agave potatorum (Agave potatorum) — Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (5)

arz: اجاف بوتاتوروم
Chinese: 棱叶龙舌兰, 棱葉龍舌蘭, 雷神
Czech: Agáve stříbřitá
nah: Papalometl
Russian: Агава картофелевидная

Synonyms

Agave amoena Lem. ex Jacobi
Agave auricantha Baker
Agave elegans Salm-Dyck
Agave latifolia Karw.
Agave potatorum var. verschaffeltii (Lem. ex Jacobi) A.Berger
Agave pulchra Salm-Dyck
Agave quadrata Lem.
Agave saundersii Hook.f.
Agave schnittspahnii Jacobi
Agave scolymus Karw.
Agave scolymus var. polymorpha A.Terracc.
Agave verschaffeltii Lem. ex Jacobi
Agave verschaffeltii Lem.

Photos

Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: F. Bemmerlein-Lux, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ulises Emmanuel Martínez Burgos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rosario Douglas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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). About our plant data.