À data de Dezembro de 2012, a World Checklist of Selected Plant Families reconhece 194 espécies de Agave. De seguida apresenta-se uma lista por ordem alfabética.
A miniatura|A. americana Agave acicularis Trel. Agave acklinicola Trel. Agave × ajoensis W.C.Hodgs. = A. deserti var. simplex × A. schottii var. schottii Agave aktites Gentry Agave albescens Trel. Agave albomarginata Gentry Agave albopilosa I.Cabral Agave americana L. Agave americana subsp. americana Agave americana subsp. protamericana Gentry Agave angustiarum Trel. Agave anomala Trel. Agave antillarum Descourt. Agave applanata Lem. ex Jacobi Agave arcedianoensis Cházaro Agave × arizonica Gentry & J.H.Weber = A. chrysantha × A. toumeyana var. bella Agave arubensis Hummelinck Agave asperrima Jacobi – Maguey spero, Rough Century Plant Agave asperrima subsp. asperrima Agave asperrima subsp. maderensis (Gentry) B.Ullrich Agave asperrima subsp. potosiensis (Gentry) B.Ullrich Agave asperrima subsp. zarcensis (Gentry) B.Ullrich Agave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck Agave attenuata Salm-Dyck Agave attenuata subsp. attenuata Agave attenuata subsp. dentata (J.Verschaff.) B.Ullrich Agave aurea Brandegee Agave avellanidens Trel.
B miniatura|A. bracteosa Agave bahamana Trel. Agave beauleriana Jacobi Agave boldinghiana Trel. Agave boscii (Hornem.) ined. Agave bovicornuta Gentry Agave braceana Trel. Agave bracteosa S.Watson ex Engelm. Agave brevipetala Trel. Agave brevispina Trel. Agave brittoniana Trel. C miniatura|upright=0.6|A. chiapensis Agave cacozela Trel. Agave cajalbanensis A.Álvarez Agave calodonta A.Berger Agave cantala (Haw.) Roxb. ex Salm-Dyck Agave capensis Gentry Agave caribaeicola Trel. Agave cerulata Trel. Agave cerulata subsp. cerulata Agave cerulata subsp. dentiens (Trel.) Gentry Agave cerulata subsp. nelsonii (Trel.) Gentry Agave cerulata subsp. subcerulata Gentry Agave chazaroi A.Vázquez & O.M.Valencia Agave chiapensis Jacobi Agave chrysantha Peebles Agave chrysoglossa I.M.Johnst. Agave cocui Trel. Agave collina Greenm. Agave colorata Gentry – Mescal ceniza Agave congesta Gentry Agave convallis Trel. Agave cundinamarcensis A.Berger Agave cupreata Trel. & A.Berger
D miniatura|upright|A. deserti Agave dasylirioides Jacobi & C.D.Bouché Agave datylio F.A.C.Weber Agave de-meesteriana Jacobi Agave decipiens Baker Agave delamateri W.C.Hodgs. & Slauson Agave deserti Engelm. Agave difformis A.Berger Agave durangensis Gentry Agave dussiana Trel.
E Agave eggersiana Trel. Agave ehrenbergii Jacobi Agave ellemeetiana Jacobi Agave ensifera Jacobi Agave evadens Trel. F Agave felgeri Gentry Agave filifera Salm-Dyck Agave flexispina Trel. Agave fortiflora Gentry Agave fourcroydes Lem. Agave funkiana K.Koch & C.D.Bouché
G miniatura|A. guiengola Agave garciae-mendozae Galván & L.Hern. Agave gentryi B.Ullrich Agave ghiesbreghtii Lem. ex Jacobi Agave gigantensis Gentry Agave gilbertii A.Berger Agave × glomeruliflora (Engelm.) A.Berger = A. havardiana × A. lechuguilla Agave gracilipes Trel. Agave grisea Trel. Agave guadalajarana Trel. Agave guiengola Gentry Agave gypsophila Gentry
H Agave harrisii Trel. Agave havardiana Trel. Agave hiemiflora Gentry Agave hookeri Jacobi Agave horrida Lem. ex Jacobi Agave horrida subsp. horrida Agave horrida subsp. perotensis B.Ullrich Agave hurteri Trel.
I–J Agave impressa Gentry Agave inaequidens K.Koch Agave inaequidens subsp. barrancensis Gentry Agave inaequidens subsp. inaequidens Agave inaguensis Trel. Agave indagatorum Trel. Agave intermixta Trel. Agave isthmensis A.García-Mend. & F.Palma Agave jaiboli Gentry Agave jarucoensis A.Álvarez
K–L miniatura|A. lechuguilla Agave karatto Mill. Agave karwinskii Zucc. Agave kerchovei Lem. Agave kewensis Jacobi Agave lagunae Trel. Agave lechuguilla Torr. Agave longipes Trel.
M Agave macroacantha Zucc. Agave mapisaga Trel. Agave margaritae Brandegee Agave marmorata Roezl Agave maximiliana Baker Agave mckelveyana Gentry Agave microceps (Kimnach) A.Vázquez & Cházaro Agave millspaughii Trel. Agave minor Proctor Agave missionum Trel. – Corita miniatura|A. murpheyi Agave mitis Mart. Agave montana Villarreal Agave montium-sancticaroli García-Mend. Agave moranii Gentry Agave multifilifera Gentry Agave murpheyi Gibson
N Agave nashii Trel. Agave nayaritensis Gentry Agave neglecta Small Agave nickelsiae Rol.-Goss. Agave nizandensis Cutak Agave nuusaviorum García-Mend. Agave nuusaviorum subsp. deltoidea García-Mend. Agave nuusaviorum subsp. nuusaviorum
O Agave obscura Schiede ex Schltdl. Agave ocahui Gentry Agave ornithobroma Gentry Agave oroensis Gentry Agave ortgiesiana (Baker) Trel. in L.H.Bailey Agave ovatifolia G.D.Starr & Villarreal P Agave pachycentra Trel. Agave palmeri Engelm. miniatura|A. parviflora Agave papyrocarpa Trel. Agave papyrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa A.Álvarez Agave papyrocarpa subsp. papyrocarpa Agave parrasana A.Berger Agave parryi Engelm. Agave parryi subsp. neomexicana (Wooton & Standl.) B.Ullrich Agave parryi subsp. parryi Agave parvidentata Trel. Agave parviflora Torr. in W.H.Emory Agave parviflora subsp. densiflora G.D.Starr & T.Van Devender Agave parviflora subsp. flexiflora Gentry Agave parviflora subsp. parviflora Agave peacockii Croucher Agave pelona Gentry – Bald Agave Agave pendula Schnittsp. Agave petiolata Trel. Agave petrophila A.García-Mend. & E.Martínez Agave phillipsiana W.C.Hodgs. Agave pintilla S.González Agave polianthiflora Gentry Agave polyacantha Haw. Agave potatorum Zucc. Agave potreriana Trel. Agave promontorii Trel. Agave × pumila De Smet ex Baker = A. asperrima × A. nickelsiae
R Agave rhodacantha Trel. Agave rovelliana Tod. Agave rutteniae Hummelinck Agave rzedowskiana P.Carrillo S miniatura|A. sisalana Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck Agave salmiana subsp. crassispina (Trel.) Gentry Agave salmiana subsp. salmiana Agave scaposa Gentry Agave schidigera Lem. Agave schneideriana A.Berger Agave schottii Engelm. Agave sebastiana Greene Agave seemanniana Jacobi Agave shaferi Trel. Agave shawii Engelm. Agave shawii subsp. goldmaniana (Trel.) Gentry Agave shawii subsp. shawii Agave shrevei Gentry Agave shrevei subsp. magna Gentry Agave shrevei subsp. matapensis Gentry Agave shrevei subsp. shrevei Agave sisalana Perrine Agave sobolifera Houtt. Agave sobria Brandegee Agave sobria subsp. frailensis Gentry Agave sobria subsp. roseana (Trel.) Gentry Agave sobria subsp. sobria Agave spicata Cav. Agave striata Zucc. Agave striata subsp. falcata (Engelm.) Gentry Agave striata subsp. striata Agave stricta Salm-Dyck Agave stringens Trel. Agave subsimplex Trel.
T miniatura|A. tequilana Agave tecta Trel. Agave tenuifolia Zamudio & E.Sánchez Agave tequilana F.A.C.Weber Agave thomasiae Trel. Agave titanota Gentry Agave toumeyana Trel. Agave triangularis Jacobi Agave tubulata Trel. Agave turneri R.H.Webb & Salazar-Ceseña
U–V miniatura|A. victoriae-reginae Agave underwoodii Trel. Agave univittata Haw. Agave utahensis Engelm. in S.Watson Agave utahensis subsp. kaibabensis (McKelvey) Gentry Agave utahensis subsp. utahensis Agave valenciana Cházaro & A.Vázquez Agave vazquezgarciae Cházaro & J.A.Lomelí Agave vera-cruz Mill. Agave vicina Trel. Agave victoriae-reginae T.Moore Agave victoriae-reginae subsp. swobodae Halda Agave victoriae-reginae subsp. victoriae-reginae Agave vilmoriniana A.Berger Agave vivipara L. Agave vizcainoensis Gentry
W–Z Agave wallisii Jacobi Agave warelliana Baker Agave weberi J.F.Cels ex J.Poiss. Agave wercklei F.A.C.Weber ex Wercklé Agave wildingii Tod. Agave wocomahi Gentry Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck Agave zebra Gentry
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