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Taxon:  Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck



Summary
Genus:
Agave
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Agavoideae
Nomen number:
1727
Place of publication:
Bonplandia 7:88. 1859
Verified:
05/06/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck var. ferox (K. Koch) Gentry (0 active accession[s])
Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck var. salmiana (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Agave mitriformis Jacobi
Invalid Designation(s)
Agave atrovirens auct.
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Reference(s)
  1. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  2. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  3. Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia II: a source book of edible plants Note: Kampong Publications
  4. Gentry, H. S. 1972. The agave family in Sonora. U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 399:10,22. Note: mentions
  5. Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of continental North America
  6. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  7. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  8. Vázquez-García et al. 2004. Flora del norte de Jalisco y etnobotánica Huichola. Serie Fronteras de Biodivesidad 1:63.
Common names
English
pulque agave –
German
Pulqueagave –
Spanish
maguey ceniso –
maguey de pulque –
maguey manso –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoCoahuila de Zaragoza 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoDurango 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSan Luis Potosí 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoZacatecas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoColima 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuanajuato 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoHidalgo 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoPuebla 
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanarias 
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Colima, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla]
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodbeverage baseprincipal source of pulque fide GentryGentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of continental North America
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=1727. Accessed 10 May 2025.