Latin Name | Common Name | Family | Synonyms | Edibility Rating | Medicinal Rating |
Agave cantala agave | Agave | Asparagaceae | Furcraea cantala Haw. | 2 | 0 |
Agave fourcroydes | Henequen | Asparagaceae | Agave rigida elongata Baker Agave sullivanii Trel. | 0 | 1 |
Agave lechuguilla | Ixtle, Chihuahua | Asparagaceae | Agave poselgeri, Agave multilineata, Agave lophantha var. tamaulipasana, Agave lophantha var. subcanescens, Agave lophantha var. poselgeri. | 1 | 2 |
Agave murpheyi | Hohokam Agave, Murphey agave | Asparagaceae | No synonyms are recorded for this name. | 2 | 0 |
Agave salmiana | Pulque Agave, Giant Agave | Asparagaceae | Agave atrovirens sigmatophylla A.Berger Agave coarctata Jacobi Agave cochlearis Jacobi Agave compluviata Trel. Agave jacobiana Salm-Dyck Agave lehmannii Jacobi Agave mitraeformis Jacobi Agave quiotifera Trel. ex Ochot. Agave tehuacanensis Karw. ex Salm-Dyck | 3 | 0 |
Agave sisalana | Sisal | Asparagaceae | Agave amaniensis Trel. & Nowell Agave rigida sisalana (Perrine) Engelm. Agave segurae D.Guillot & P. | 2 | 2 |
Agave tequilana | Blue Agave, Mescal, Tequila. | Asparagaceae | Agave angustifolia tequilana (F.A.C.Weber) Valenz.-Zap. & Nabhan Agave palmaris Trel. Agave pedrosana Trel. Agave pes-mulae Trel. Agave pseudotequilana Trel. | 4 | 0 |
Agave vivipara | Mescal Casero | Asparagaceae | Agave vivipera (incorrect). Many. | 3 | 0 |
Asparagus abyssinicus | | Asparagaceae | | 2 | 0 |
Asparagus acutifolius | | Asparagaceae | | 3 | 0 |
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