Abstract
Agave americana L.: Agave altissima Zumagl.; Agave americana var. marginata Trel.; Agave americana var. mediopicta (Hovey) Trel.; Agave americana var. picta (Salm-Dyck) A.Terracc.; Agave americana f. picta (Salm-Dyck) Voss.; Agave americana var. striata (Hovey) Trel.; Agave cordillerensis Lodé & Pino (Gentry 1982; González-Elizondo et al. 2009; Tropicos 2020; POWO 2020).
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The authors thank finacial support from the PAPIIT, DGAPA of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM (research projects IA207721 and IN224023), as well as CONABIO/GEF/FAO project Agrodbioiversity of Mexico GEF ID9380, RG023, and CONACY, Mexico (project A1-S-14306).
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Appendix 1
Appendix 1
List of useful agaves reported in the literature. The nomenclature according to Villaseñor (2016). E = Edible, S=Sap and fermented beverages, D=Distilled beverages, F = Fibers and handicrafts manufacture, C=Construction, M = Medicinal, O=Other uses, Mg = Management, IUCN=Conservation status sensu International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species, Dom = Evidence of domestication.
Especies | Author | E | S | D | F | C | M | O | Mg | IUCN | Dom |
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Agave abisaii | A. Vázquez & Nieves | X | Forest extraction | Endangered | |||||||
Agave aktites | Gentry | X | Forest extraction, Cultivation | Vulnerable | |||||||
Agave albomarginata | Gentry | Fodder | Endangered | ||||||||
Agave albopilosa | I. Cabral, Villarreal & E. Estrada | X | Ornamental | Forest extraction | Critically Endangered | ||||||
Agave americana | L. | X | X | X | X | X | X | Food additive, Fodder, Green manure, Live fences, Melliferous, Ornamental, Saponiferous, Soil protection | Forest extraction, Cultivation | Least Concern | X |
Agave angustiarum | Trel. | X | X | Forest extraction | Least Concern | ||||||
Agave angustifolia | Haw. | X | X | X | X | X | Fodder, Live fences, Ornamental, Poisons, Soil protection | Forest extraction, Incipiently management, Cultivation | Least Concern | X | |
Agave applanata | K. Koch ex Jacobi | X | X | X | X | Firewood, Ornamental | Incipiently management | Least Concern | ? | ||
Agave asperrima | Jacobi | X | X | X | X | X | Household utensil, Ornamental | Forest extraction | Least Concern | ||
Agave atrovirens | Karw. ex Salm-Dyck | X | X | X | X | X | X | Firewood, Food additive, Fodder, Live fences, Ornamental, Saponiferous | Forest extraction, incipiently managed, cultivation | Least Concern | X |
Agave attenuata | Salm-Dyck | Ornamental | Cultivation | Least Concern | |||||||
Agave aurea | Brandegee | X | Poison | Least Concern | |||||||
Agave bovicornuta | Gentry | X | X | X | X | X | Ornamental, Poison, Saponiferous, Veterinarian medicine | Forest extraction | Vulnerable | ||
Agave bracteosa | S. Watson ex Engelm. | X | Ornamental, Saponiferous | Forest extraction, Cultivation | Least Concern | ||||||
Agave cantala | Roxb. | X | X | X | Forest extraction | ||||||
Agave capensis | Gentry | X | Endangered | ||||||||
Agave cerulata | Trel. | X | X | X | X | Poisons | Forest extraction | Least Concern | |||
Agave chazaroi | A. Vázquez y O.M. Valencia | Ornamental | Forest extraction | Vulnerable | |||||||
Agave chiapensis | Jacobi | X | X | Ornamental | Vulnerable | ||||||
Agave chrysoglossa | I.M. Johnst. | X | Least Concern | ||||||||
Agave colorata | Gentry | X | X | Forest extraction | Least Concern | ||||||
Agave convallis | Trel. | X | Forest extraction | Vulnerable | |||||||
Agave cupreata | Trel. & A. Berger | X | X | X | X | Forest extraction, Incipiently management, Cultivation | Endangered | ||||
Agave dasylirioides | Jacobi & C.D. Bouché | Ornamental | Forest extraction | Endangered | |||||||
Agave deserti | Engelm. | X | X | X | Fodder | Forest extraction | Least Concern | ||||
Agave desmettiana | Jacobi | X | X | Cultivation | ? | ||||||
Agave durangensis | Gentry | X | X | X | X | Forest extraction | |||||
Agave ellemeetiana | Jacobi | X | Forest extraction | Least Concern | |||||||
Agave felgeri | Gentry | X | Poisons | Vulnerable | |||||||
Agave filifera | Salm-Dyck | X | Ornamental, Poisons, Saponiferous | Forest extraction | Least Concern | ||||||
Agave fortiflora | Gentry | X | X | Edible worm habitat, Poison | |||||||
Agave fourcroydes | Lem. | X | X | X | X | X | Live fences, Ornamental | Cultivation | X | ||
Agave funkiana | K. Koch & C.D. Bouché | X | Forest extraction | Least Concern | |||||||
Agave geminiflora | (Tagl.) Ker Gawl. | X | Vulnerable | ||||||||
Agave gentryi | B. Ullrich | X | X | X | X | Fodder | Least Concern | ||||
Agave ghiesbreghtii | Lem. ex Jacobi | X | Live fences | Forest extraction | Least Concern | ||||||
Agave gigantensis | Gentry | X | X | Forest extraction | Least Concern | ||||||
Agave gomezpompae | Cházaro & Jimeno-Sevilla | X | Vulnerable | ||||||||
Agave gracielae | Galván & Zamudio | X | Forest extraction | Least Concern | |||||||
Agave guadalajarana | Trel. | X | Ornamental | Forest extraction | Endangered | ||||||
Agave guiengola | Gentry | Ornamental | Forest extraction, cultivation | Endangered | |||||||
Agave gypsicola | García-Mend. & D. Sandoval | X | Forest extraction | ||||||||
Agave hookeri | Jacobi | X | X | X | Cultivation | X | |||||
Agave horrida | Lem. ex Jacobi | X | X | X | X | X | X | Firewood, Fodder, Live fences, Ornamental, Saponiferous | Forest extraction | Least Concern | |
Agave impressa | Gentry | Ornamental | Forest extraction | Endangered | |||||||
Agave inaequidens | K. Koch | X | X | X | X | X | X | Firewood, Fodder, Poison | Forest extraction, Incipiently management, Cultivation | Least Concern | |
Agave isthmensis | García-Mend. & F. Palma | Ornamental | Forest extraction | Vulnerable | |||||||
Agave jaiboli | Gentry | X | X | X | X | Fodder | Forest extraction | Vulnerable | |||
Agave karwinskii | Zucc. | X | X | X | X | Household utensil, Live fences, Ornamental | Forest extraction, Incipiently management, Cultivation | Vulnerable | X | ||
Agave kavandivi | García-Mend. & Chávez-Rendón | X | Ornamental | Forest extraction | Critically Endangered | ||||||
Agave kerchovei | Lem. | X | X | X | X | X | Fodder | Forest extraction | Vulnerable | ||
Agave kewensis | Jacobi | X | |||||||||
Agave kristenii | A. Vázquez & Cházaro | X | Forest extraction | Critically Endangered | |||||||
Agave lechuguilla | Torr. | X | X | X | X | X | Fodder, Green manure, Household utensil, Living fences, Melliferous, Poisons, Saponiferous, Soil protection, Veterinarian medicine | Forest extraction, cultivation | Least Concern | ||
Agave lophantha | Schiede | X | X | Insecticide | |||||||
Agave lurida | Aiton | X | X | Forest extraction | Extinct in the Wild | ||||||
Agave lyobaa | García-Mend. & S. Franco | X | Forest extraction, Cultivation | ||||||||
Agave macroacantha | Zucc. | X | X | X | X | X | Fodder, Live fences, Ornamental | Forest extraction | Endangered | ||
Agave mapisaga | Trel. | X | X | X | X | X | Live fences | Cultivation | X | ||
Agave margaritae | Brandegee | X | Forest extraction | Least Concern | |||||||
Agave marmorata | Roezl | X | X | X | X | X | X | Ceremonial, Fodder, Ornamental, Resines | Forest extraction, Incipiently management, Cultivation | Least Concern | |
Agave maximiliana | Baker | X | X | X | X | Forest extraction, Incipiently management, Cultivation | Least Concern | ||||
Agave megalodonta | García-Mend. & D. Sandoval | X | X | Forest extraction | |||||||
Agave mitis | Mart. | X | X | X | Ornamental | Forest extraction | Least Concern | ||||
Agave montana | Villarreal | X | X | X | Ornamental | Forest extraction | Least Concern | ||||
Agave montium-sancticaroli | García-Mend. | X | X | Forest extraction | Critically Endangered | ||||||
Agave multifilifera | Gentry | X | X | X | X | Least Concern | |||||
Agave murpheyi | F. Gibson | X | X | X | X | Cultivation | |||||
Agave nizandensis | Cutak | Ornamental | Forest extraction | Critically Endangered | |||||||
Agave nussaviorum | García-Mend. | X | X | Forest extraction | |||||||
Agave obscura | Schiede ex Schltdl. | Ornamental | Forest extraction | Least Concern | |||||||
Agave ocahui | Gentry | X | Fodder | Forest extraction | Near Threatened | ||||||
Agave ornithobroma | Gentry | X | Forest extraction | Vulnerable | |||||||
Agave oroensis | Gentry | Live fences, Soil control | Cultivation | Data Deficient | |||||||
Agave ortgiesiana | (Baker) Trel. | X | Forest extraction | Least Concern | |||||||
Agave oteroi | Starr & Davis | X | Forest extraction | ||||||||
Agave ovatifolia | Starr & Villarreal | X | Fodder | Least Concern | |||||||
Agave palmeri | Engelm. | X | X | X | Fodder | Forest extraction | Least Concern | ||||
Agave parrasana | A. Berger | X | X | Forest extraction | Vulnerable | ||||||
Agave parryi | Engelm. | X | X | X | X | X | Food additive, Poisons | Forest extraction, Incipiently management | Least Concern | ||
Agave parviflora | Torr. | X | Fodder, Ornamental | Forest extraction | Least Concern | ||||||
Agave peacockii | Croucher | X | X | X | X | Firewood, Live fences, Ornamental, Poisons | Forest extraction | Vulnerable | |||
Agave pelona | Gentry | X | X | Ornamental | Forest extraction | Critically Endangered | |||||
Agave petrophila | García-Mend. & E. Martínez | Ornamental | Forest extraction | Endangered | |||||||
Agave pintilla | S. González, M. González & L. Reséndiz | X | Ornamental | Forest extraction | Critically Endangered | ||||||
Agave polianthiflora | Gentry | X | X | X | Least Concern | ||||||
Agave potatorum | Zucc. | X | X | X | X | X | Firewood, Fodder, Live fences, Ornamental, Poisons, Soil protection | Forest extraction, Incipiently management, Cultivation | Vulnerable | ||
Agave potrerana | Trel. | X | Fodder, Ornamental | Forest extraction | Vulnerable | ||||||
Agave quiotepecensis | García-Mend. & S. Franco | X | X | Fodder | Forest extraction | ||||||
Agave rhodacantha | Trel. | X | X | X | Live fences | Forest extraction, Incipiently management, Cultivation | Data Deficient | X | |||
Agave salmiana | Otto ex Salm-Dyck | X | X | X | X | X | X | Firewood, Food additive, Fodder, Green manure, Insecticide, Live fences, Melliferous, Ornamental, Poisons, Saponiferous, Soil protection | Forest extraction, Incipiently management, Cultivation | Least Concern | X |
Agave schidigera | Lem. | X | Forest extraction | Least Concern | |||||||
Agave schottii | Engelm. | X | X | X | Saponiferous | Least Concern | |||||
Agave seemanniana | Jacobi | X | X | X | X | Forest extraction, cultivation | Least Concern | ||||
Agave shawii | Engelm. | X | X | Edible worm habitat, Fodder | Forest extraction | Least Concern | |||||
Agave shrevei | Gentry | X | X | X | X | Ceremonial, Coal extraction, Fodder | Forest extraction | Least Concern | |||
Agave sisalana | Perrine | X | X | X | Firewood, Food additive, Live fences, Ornamental, Poisons | Cultivation | X | ||||
Agave sobria | Brandegee | X | X | Forest extraction | Least Concern | ||||||
Agave striata | Zucc. | X | X | Fodder, Live fences | Forest extraction | Least Concern | |||||
Agave stricta | Salm-Dyck | X | X | Fodder, Live fences, Ornamental | Forest extraction, Cultivation | Least Concern | |||||
Agave subsimplex | Trel. | X | Ornamental | Vulnerable | |||||||
Agave tequilana | F.A.C. Weber | X | X | X | X | Ornamental, Stimulants | Cultivation | X | |||
Agave titanota | Gentry | X | Ornamental | Forest extraction, Incipiently management | Endangered | ||||||
Agave triangularis | Jacobi | X | X | X | Edible worm habitat, Firewood, Fodder, Live fences, Poisons, Saponiferous | Incipiently management | Vulnerable | ||||
Agave valenciana | Cházaro & A. Vázquez | X | Forest extraction, cultivation | Critically Endangered | |||||||
Agave victoriae-reginae | T. Moore | X | X | Ornamental | Forest extraction, cultivation | Least Concern | |||||
Agave vilmoriniana | A. Berger | X | X | X | X | Saponiferous | Forest extraction | Least Concern | |||
Agave warelliana | Baker | Ornamental | Forest extraction | Endangered | |||||||
Agave weberi | Cels ex Poisson | X | X | X | X | X | Ornamental, Poisons | Incipiently management | |||
Agave wendtii | Cházaro | Ornamental | Endangered | ||||||||
Agave wocomahi | Gentry | X | X | X | X | X | Poisons | Forest extraction | Least Concern | ||
Agave xylonacantha | Salm-Dyck | X | X | Fodder | Forest extraction | Least Concern | |||||
Agave yuccifolia | DC. ex Redouté | X | |||||||||
Agave zebra | Gentry | X | X | Forest extraction | Vulnerable |
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Torres-García, I. et al. (2023). Agave americana L. Agave angustifolia Haw. Agave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck. Agave asperrima Jacobi. Agave bovicornuta Gentry. Agave cupreata Trel. & A. Berger. Agave hookeri Jacobi. Agave inaequidens K. Koch. Agave karwinskii Zucc. Agave kerchovei Lem. Agave lechuguilla Torr. Agave mapisaga Trel. Agave marmorata Roezl Agave maximiliana Baker Agave montana Villareal Agave potatorum Zucc. Agave rhodacantha Trel. Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck Agave scaposa Gentry Agave tequilana F.A.C. Weber Agave victoriae-reginae A. Berger Asparagaceae. In: Casas, A., Blancas Vázquez, J.J. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Mexico. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99357-3_26
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