Agave Virginica.—False Aloe.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Agave americana L.
Engl.: American agave, American century plant, American aloe, century plant, flowering aloe, maguey, metl, spiked aloe.
Deu.: Amerikanische Agave, Hundertjährige Agave, Hundertjährige Aloe.
Sven.: agave, hundraårig aloe.
Suom.: jättiagaave.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: The American Eclectic Dispensatory, by John King, 1854.
Classic texts: Madaus 1938.
Classic texts: Rafinesque 1828-1830.
Classic texts: Pereira 1854.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1871.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Scudder 1870.
Classic texts: Cook 1869.
Classic texts: Boericke 1901.
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