As of May 2019^[update], the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families and Plants of the World Online recognize about 270 species of Agave plus a number of natural hybrids. This includes species formerly placed in Manfreda and Polianthes.^[1] Other sources may use different circumscriptions.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

A

• Agave abisaii A.Vázquez & Nieves – Mexico (Jalisco)
• Agave acicularis Trel. - Cuba
• Agave acklinicola Trel. - Bahamas
• Agave × ajoensis W.C.Hodgs. - Pima County in Arizona = A. deserti var. simplex × A. schottii var. schottii
• Agave aktites Gentry - Mexico (Sinaloa, Sonora)
• Agave albescens Trel. - Cuba
• Agave alboaustralis (E.Solano & Ríos-Gómez) Thiede - Oaxaca
• Agave albomarginata Gentry - northeastern Mexico
• Agave albopilosa I.Cabral - Mexico (Nuevo León)
• Agave americana L. – American Agave, American Century Plant, Century Plant, Maguey americano - Arizona, Texas, Mexico; naturalized in parts of Africa, Eurasia, Australia, South America various islands
• Agave amica (Medik.) Thiede & Govaerts – Mexico
• Agave andreae Sahagún & A.Vázquez – Mexico (Michoacán)
• Agave angustiarum Trel. - Mexico
• Agave angustifolia Haw. - Mexico, Central America; naturalized in Spain, South Africa, Indian Subcontinent, various islands
• Agave anomala Trel. - Bahamas, Cuba
• Agave antillarum Descourt. - Cuba, Hispaniola
• Agave apedicellata Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Jalisco, San Luis Potosí)
• Agave applanata Lem. ex Jacobi - Mexico
• Agave arcedianoensis Cházaro - Mexico (Jalisco)
• Agave × arizonica Gentry & J.H.Weber = A. chrysantha × A. toumeyana var. bella - Arizona
• Agave arubensis Hummelinck - Aruba
• Agave asperrima Jacobi – Maguey spero, Rough Century Plant - Texas, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas
• Agave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck - Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz
• Agave attenuata Salm-Dyck – Swan's Neck Agave, Dragon Tree Agave, Foxtail Agave - Mexico; naturalised in southeastern Australia
• Agave aurea Brandegee - Baja California Sur
• Agave avellanidens Trel. - Baja California
• Agave azurea R.H.Webb & G.D.Starr – Mexico (Baja California Sur)

B

• Agave bahamana Trel. - Bahamas
• Agave beaulueriana Jacobi = Agave americana var. franzosinii
• Agave bicolor (E.Solano & García-Mend.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Oaxaca)
• Agave boldinghiana Trel. - Curaçao, Bonaire
• Agave bovicornuta Gentry – Cowhorn Agave - Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora
• Agave braceana Trel. - Bahamas (Abaco)
• Agave bracteosa S.Watson ex Engelm. – Squid Agave - Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León)
• Agave brevipetala Trel. - Hispaniola
• Agave brevispina Trel. - Hispaniola
• Agave brittoniana Trel. - Cuba
• Agave brunnea S.Watson – NE. Mexico
• Agave bulbulifera (Castillejos & E.Solano) Thiede – Mexico (Guerrero)
• Agave bulliana (Baker) Thiede & Eggli - Mexico

C

• Agave cacozela Trel. - Bahamas (Eleuthera)
• Agave cajalbanensis A.Álvarez - Cuba
• †Agave calodonta A.Berger - extinct
• Agave cantala (Haw.) Roxb. ex Salm-Dyck – Cantala, Maguey de la India - Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras
• Agave capensis Gentry - Baja California Sur = Agave aurea var. capensis
• Agave caribaeicola Trel. - Lesser Antilles
• Agave caymanensis Proctor - Cayman Islands
• Agave cerulata Trel. - Baja California
• Agave chamelensis (E.J.Lott & Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Jalisco)
• Agave chazaroi A.Vázquez & O.M.Valencia - Jalisco
• Agave chiapensis Jacobi - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala
• Agave chrysantha Peebles – Golden Flowered Agave, Golden Flower Century Plant - Arizona
• Agave chrysoglossa I.M.Johnst. - Baja California, Sonora
• Agave cocui Trel. - Colombia, Venezuela (incl Isla Margarita), Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao
• Agave coetocapnia (M.Roem.) Govaerts & Thiede – Mexico
• Agave collina Greenm. - Morelos, Guerrero
• Agave colorata Gentry – Mescal ceniza - Sinaloa, Sonora
• Agave confertiflora Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Chihuahua)
• Agave congesta Gentry - Chiapas
• Agave convallis Trel. - Oaxaca
• Agave cremnophila - Oaxaca^[8]
• Agave cundinamarcensis A.Berger - Colombia
• Agave cupreata Trel. & A.Berger - Guerrero, Michoacán

D

• Agave dasylirioides Jacobi & C.D.Bouché - Morelos, México State
• Agave datylio F.A.C.Weber - Baja California Sur
• Agave debilis A.Berger – C. & SW. Mexico (to Hidalgo)
• Agave decipiens Baker – False Sisal - Florida; naturalised in parts of Africa
• Agave delamateri W.C.Hodgs. & Slauson - Arizona
• Agave demeesteriana Jacobi - Sinaloa, Veracruz
• Agave deserti Engelm. – Desert Century Plant, Desert Agave, Maguey de Desierto - Baja California, California, Arizona
• Agave difformis A.Berger - Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí
• Agave doctorensis L.Hern. & Magallán – Mexico (Querétaro)
• Agave dolichantha Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Jalisco, Michoacán)
• Agave durangensis Gentry - Durango, Zacatecas
• Agave dussiana Trel. - Lesser Antilles

E

• Agave eggersiana Trel. – Eggers' Century Plant, St. Croix Agave - US Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. Thomas)
• Agave ehrenbergii Jacobi - Cuba = Agave mitis Mart.
• Agave ellemeetiana Jacobi – Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca)
• Agave ensifera Jacobi
• Agave evadens Trel. - Trinidad, Venezuelan Antilles (Isla Margarita)

F

• Agave felgeri Gentry – Mescalito - Sonora
• Agave filifera Salm-Dyck – Thread-leaf Agave - Querétaro to México State, Aguascalientes, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí
• Agave flexispina Trel. - Chihuahua, Durango
• Agave fortiflora Gentry - Sonora
• Agave fourcroydes Lem. – Henequen, Maguey Henequen, Mexican Sisal - Mexico, Guatemala; naturalized in West Indies, Italy, Canary Islands
• Agave funkiana K.Koch & C.D.Bouché – Ixtle de Jaumav - Mexico (Tamaulipas to Chiapas)
• Agave fusca (Ravenna) Thiede & Eggli – Guatemala

G

• Agave galvaniae (A.Castañeda – Mexico (México State)
• Agave garciae-mendozae Galván & L.Hern. - Hidalgo
• Agave geminiflora (Tagl.) Ker Gawl. - Nayarit
• Agave gentryi B.Ullrich - Nuevo León, Querétaro
• Agave ghiesbreghtii Lem. ex Jacobi - Mexico, Guatemala
• Agave gigantensis Gentry - Sierra de la Giganta in Baja California Sur
• Agave gilbertii A.Berger - Mexico
• Agave × glomeruliflora (Engelm.) A.Berger = A. havardiana × A. lechuguilla - Coahuila, western Texas
• Agave gomezpompae Cházaro & Jimeno-Sevilla - Veracruz
• Agave gracielae Galvan & Zamudio – Mexico (Querétaro)
• Agave gracilipes Trel. – Maguey de pastizal, Slimfoot Century Plant - Chihuahua, southern New Mexico, western Texas
• Agave gracillima A.Berger – Mexico (Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit)
• Agave graminifolia (Rose) Govaerts & Thiede – NE. Mexico (to Jalisco)
• Agave grisea Trel. - Cuba
• Agave guadalajarana Trel. – Maguey chato - Jalisco, Nayarit
• Agave guerrerensis (Matuda) G.D.Rowley – Mexico (Guerrero)
• Agave guiengola Gentry - Oaxaca
• Agave guttata Jacobi & C.D.Bouché – NE. Mexico (to Jalisco)
• Agave gypsophila Gentry - Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco

H

• Agave harrisii Trel. - Jamaica
• Agave hauniensis J.B.Petersen – C. Mexico (to Guerrero)
• Agave havardiana Trel. – Havard's Century Plant, Chisos Agave, Maguey de Havard - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Texas
• Agave hiemiflora Gentry - Chiapas, Guatemala
• Agave hookeri Jacobi - Jalisco, Michoacán
• Agave horrida Lem. ex Jacobi - Morelos, Veracruz, Oaxaca
• Agave howardii (Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Jalisco, Colima)
• Agave hurteri Trel. - Guatemala

I–J

• Agave impressa Gentry - Sinaloa
• Agave inaequidens K.Koch - Mexico
• Agave inaguensis Trel. - Bahamas (Inagua), Turks & Caicos Islands
• Agave indagatorum Trel. - Bahamas (Watling Island)
• Agave intermixta Trel. - Hispaniola
• Agave involuta (McVaugh) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (S. Zacatecas, SE. Nayarit, Jalisco)
• Agave isthmensis A.García-Mend. & F.Palma - Oaxaca, Chiapas
• Agave jaiboli Gentry - Sonora, Chihuahua
• Agave jaliscana (Rose) A.Berger – W. Mexico (to Durango)
• Agave jarucoensis A.Álvarez - Cuba
• Agave jimenoi Cházaro & A.Vázquez – Mexico (Veracruz)
• Agave justosierrana (García-Mend.) Thiede – Mexico (Guerrero)

K–L

• Agave karatto Mill. - Lesser Antilles, Netherlands Antilles
• Agave karwinskii Zucc. - Oaxaca, Puebla
• Agave kavandivi García-Mend. & C.Chávez – Mexico (Oaxaca)
• Agave kerchovei Lem. - Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla
• Agave kewensis Jacobi - Chiapas
• Agave kristenii A.Vázquez & Cházaro – Mexico (Michoacán)
• Agave lagunae Trel. - Guatemala (Amatitlan)
• Agave lechuguilla Torr. – Agave lecheguilla, Lecheguilla, Lechuguilla, Maguey lechuguilla - northern Mexico, New Mexico, Texas
• Agave × leopoldii W.Watson – AGM
• Agave littoralis (García-Mend. – Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca)
• Agave longibracteata (Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Michoacán)
• Agave longiflora (Rose) G.D.Rowley – S. Texas to Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuebo León)
• Agave longipes Trel. - Jamaica

M

• Agave macroacantha Zucc. - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Agave maculata Regel – S. Texas to NE. Mexico
• Agave madrensis Villarreal – Mexico (Nuevo León)
• Agave manantlanicola Cuevas & Santana-Michel - Jalisco
• Agave mapisaga Trel. - Mexico
• Agave margaritae Brandegee - Baja California Sur
• Agave maria-patriciae Cházaro & Arzaba – Mexico (Veracruz)
• Agave marmorata Roezl - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Agave maximiliana Baker - Mexico
• Agave mckelveyana Gentry – Mckelvey Agave, McKelvey's Century Plant - Arizona (Yavapai + Mohave Cos)
• Agave melanacantha Lem. ex Jacobi – C. Cuba
• Agave michoacana (M.Cedano – Mexico (Michoacán)
• Agave microceps (Kimnach) A.Vázquez & Cházaro - Sinaloa
• Agave millspaughii Trel. - Bahamas (Exuma)

• Agave minor Proctor - Puerto Rico
• Agave missionum Trel. – Corita - Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
• Agave mitis Mart. - Hidalgo
• Agave montana Villarreal - Nuevo León
• Agave montium-sancticaroli García-Mend. - Tamaulipas
• Agave moranii Gentry - Baja California
• Agave multicolor (E.Solano & Dávila) Thiede – Mexico (Guanajuato)
• Agave multifilifera Gentry - Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa
• Agave murpheyi Gibson – Maguey Bandeado, Murphey Agave, Murphey's Century Plant, Hohokam Agave - Arizona, Sonora

N

• Agave nanchititlensis (Matuda) ined. – Mexico (México State)
• Agave nashii Trel. - Bahamas (Inagua)
• Agave nayaritensis Gentry - Sinaloa, Nayarit
• Agave neglecta Small – wild century plant = Agave weberi
• Agave neocernua Thiede - Jalisco
• Agave neonelsonii Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Durango)
• Agave neopringlei Thiede & Eggli – Mexico
• Agave nickelsiae Rol.-Goss. - Coahuila
• Agave nizandensis Cutak – Dwarf Octopus Agave - Oaxaca
• Agave nuusaviorum García-Mend. - Oaxaca

O

• Agave oaxacana (García-Mend. & E.Solano) Thiede – Mexico (Oaxaca)
• Agave obscura Schiede ex Schltdl. - Mexico
• Agave ocahui Gentry - Sonora
• Agave offoyana De Smet ex Jacobi – Cuba (Villa Clara)
• Agave ornithobroma Gentry – Maguey pajarito - Nayarit, Sinaloa
• Agave oroensis Gentry - Zacatecas
• Agave ortgiesiana (Baker) Trel. in L.H.Bailey - Colima, Jalisco
• Agave oteroi G.D. Starr & T.J. Davis - Oaxaca
• Agave ovatifolia G.D.Starr & Villarreal - Nuevo León

P–Q

• Agave pablocarrilloi A.Vázquez – Mexico (Colima)
• Agave pachycentra Trel. - Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras
• Agave palmeri Engelm. – Maguey de tlalcoyote, Palmer Agave, Palmer Century Plant, Palmer's Century Plant - Sonora, Chihuahua, Arizona, New Mexico
• Agave palustris (Rose) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Durango, Nayarit)
• Agave panamana Trel. – Panama

• Agave paniculata (L.Hern. – Mexico (Yucatán)
• Agave papyrocarpa Trel. - Cuba (Isla de la Juventud)
• Agave parrasana A.Berger - Coahuila
• Agave parryi Engelm. – Mezcal yapavai, Parry Agave, Parry's Agave - Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
• Agave parva (Aarón Rodr.) Thiede – Mexico (Guerrero)
• Agave parvidentata Trel. - El Salvador, Honduras
• Agave parviflora Torr. in W.H.Emory – Maguey sbari, Smallflower Agave, Smallflower Century Plant, Little Princess Agave - Arizona, Sonora, Chihuahua
• Agave pax Gir.-Cañas - Colombia
• Agave peacockii Croucher - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Agave pelona Gentry – Bald Agave - Sonora
• Agave pendula Schnittsp. - Chiapas, Veracruz, Guatemala
• Agave petiolata Trel. - Curaçao
• Agave petrophila A.García-Mend. & E.Martínez - Puebla, Oaxaca, Guerrero
• Agave petskinil (R.A.Orellana – Mexico (Yucatán)
• Agave phillipsiana W.C.Hodgs. - Arizona (Coconino Co)
• Agave pintilla S.González - Durango
• Agave planifolia S.Watson – Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua)
• Agave platyphylla (Rose) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Durango, Zacatecas, Jalisco)
• Agave polianthes Thiede & Eggli – C. & S. Mexico
• Agave polianthiflora Gentry - Chihuahua, Sonora
• Agave polyacantha Haw. - Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz
• Agave potatorum Zucc. – Drunkard Agave - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Agave potosina B.L.Rob. & Greenm. – NE. Mexico
• Agave potreriana Trel. - Mexico
• Agave pratensis A.Berger – Mexico (Jalisco, Nayarit)
• Agave pringlei Engelm. ex Baker – Mexico (N. Baja California)
• Agave producta Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Guerrero)
• Agave promontorii Trel. - Baja California Sur
• Agave pubescens Regel & Ortgies – Mexico (Morelos, Oaxaca, Chiapas)
• Agave × pumila De Smet ex Baker = A. asperrima × A. nickelsiae - Coahuila

• Agave quilae (Art.Castro & Aarón Rodr.) Thiede & Govaerts - Mexico (Jalisco)

R

• Agave revoluta Klotzsch – Mexico (México State)
• Agave rhodacantha Trel. - Mexico
• Agave rosei Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Nayarit)
• Agave rovelliana Tod. - Texas
• Agave rutteniae Hummelinck - Aruba
• Agave rzedowskiana P.Carrillo - Sinaloa, Jalisco

S

• Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck – Pulque, Maguey, Maguey de montaña - Mexico; naturalized in South Africa, Canary Islands
• Agave scabra Ortega – Mexico to Nicaragua
• Agave scaposa Gentry - Oaxaca, Puebla
• Agave schidigera Lem. - northern + central Mexico
• Agave schneideriana A.Berger - Puebla
• Agave schottii Engelm. – Maguey puercoesp n, Schott Agave, Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger, Leather Agave - Sonora, Arizona, New Mexico
• Agave sebastiana Greene - Baja California
• Agave seemanniana Jacobi - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras
• Agave shaferi Trel. - Cuba
• Agave shawii Engelm. – Coastal Agave, Maguey primavera - Baja California, California (San Diego Co)
• Agave shrevei Gentry - Chihuahua, Sonora
• Agave sileri (Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli – SC. Texas to Mexico (Tamaulipas)
• Agave singuliflora (S.Watson) A.Berger – N. Mexico
• Agave sisalana Perrine – Maguey de Sisal, Sisal, Sisal Hemp - Chiapas; widely cultivated for fiber; naturalized in Spain, Ecuador, Brazil, Queensland, Central America, parts of Asia + Africa, various islands
• Agave sobolifera Houtt. - Cuba, Jamaica
• Agave sobria Brandegee - Baja California Sur
• Agave spicata Cav. - Hidalgo
• Agave stictata Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (México State, Guerrero, Oaxaca)
• Agave striata Zucc. - northeastern Mexico
• Agave stricta Salm-Dyck - Oaxaca, Puebla
• Agave stringens Trel. - Jalisco
• Agave subsimplex Trel. - Sonora

T

• Agave tecta Trel. - Guatemala
• Agave temacapulinensis A.Vázquez & Cházaro – Mexico (Jalisco)
• Agave tenuifolia Zamudio & E.Sánchez - Querétaro
• Agave tequilana F.A.C.Weber – Mezcal azul tequilero, Tequila Agave, Weber Blue Agave - Mexico
• Agave thomasiae Trel. - Guatemala
• Agave titanota Gentry - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Agave toumeyana Trel. – Toumey Agave, Toumey's Century Plant - Arizona
• Agave triangularis Jacobi - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Agave tubulata Trel. - Cuba
• Agave turneri R.H.Webb & Salazar-Ceseña - Baja California

U–V

• Agave umbrophila (García-Mend.) Thiede – Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca)
• Agave underwoodii Trel. - Cuba
• Agave undulata Klotzsch – Mexico (Tamaulipas)
• Agave univittata Haw. - Mexico, Texas
• Agave utahensis Engelm. in S.Watson – Utah Agave - Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona
• Agave valenciana Cházaro & A.Vázquez - Jalisco
• Agave variegata Jacobi – S. Texas to Mexico
• Agave vazquezgarciae Cházaro & J.A.Lomelí - Jalisco
• Agave vera-cruz Mill. - Veracruz, Oaxaca; naturalized in Indian Subcontinent, Thailand, various islands
• Agave verdensis W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon – Arizona
• Agave verhoekiae (García-Mend.) Thiede – Mexico (Oaxaca)
• Agave vicina Trel. - Netherlands Antilles, Venezuelan Antilles
• Agave victoriae-reginae T.Moore – Queen Victoria's Agave - Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Durango
• Agave vilmoriniana A.Berger – Octopus Agave - Mexico
• Agave virginica L. – C. & E. U.S.A. to NE. Mexico
• Agave vivipara L. - Netherlands Antilles, Venezuelan Antilles; naturalised in parts of Australia + Africa
• Agave vizcainoensis Gentry - Baja California Sur

W–Z

• Agave wallisii Jacobi - Colombia
• Agave warelliana Baker - Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas
• Agave weberi J.F.Cels ex J.Poiss. – Maguey liso, Weber's Century Plant, Weber Agave - San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas; naturalized in southern Texas
• Agave wercklei F.A.C.Weber ex Wercklé - Costa Rica; naturalised in parts of Africa
• Agave wildingii Tod. - Cuba
• Agave wocomahi Gentry - Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Jalisco
• Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck – Century Plant, Maguey diente de tiburn - Hidalgo, San Luis Potosi
• Agave yavapaiensis W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon – Arizona
• Agave zapopanensis (E.Solano & Ríos-Gómez) Thiede – Mexico (Jalisco)
• Agave zebra Gentry - Sonora

Formerly included

Manfreda and Polianthes species are now included in Agave.^[9][10]