Biology (plants and animals)

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1) Agave americana L. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Agave americana var. marginata Trel., Agave complicata Trel. ex Ochot., Agave felina Trel., Agave gracilispina Engelm. ex Trel., Agave melliflua Trel., Agave rasconensis Trel., Agave subzonata Trel., Agave zonata Trel., Agave zonata Trel. ex Bailey, Aloe americana Crantz, Aloe americana (L.) Crantz.

References regarding Agave americana L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Inst. Rei Herb. (1766)
· Memorias y Revista de la Sociedad Cientifica (1913)
· The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (1914)
· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1920)
· Taxon (1982)
· Cytologia (1987)
· Cytologia (1983)
· Actas Dermosifi liogr. (2005)

2) Agave americana L. subsp. americana is another plant having the following synonyms: Agave altissima Zumagl., Agave americana f. picta (Salm-Dyck) Voss, Agave americana f. virginica Voss, Agave americana var. marginata Trel., Agave americana var. mediopicta Trel., Agave americana var. picta (Salm-Dyck) A. Terracc., Agave americana var. striata Trel., Agave americana var. subtilis (Trel.) Valenz.-Zap. & Nabhan, Agave americana var. theometel (Zuccagni) A.Terracc., Agave americana var. variegata Hook., Agave communis Gaterau, Agave complicata Trel. ex Ochot., Agave felina Trel., Agave fuerstenbergii Jacobi, Agave gracilispina (Rol.-Goss.) Engelm. ex Trel., Agave ingens A. Berger, Agave melliflua Trel., Agave milleri Haw., Agave ornata Jacobi, Agave picta Salm-Dyck, Agave ramosa Moench, nom. illeg., Agave rasconensis Trel., Agave salmiana var. gracilispina Rol.-Goss., Agave spectabilis Salisb., Agave subtilis Trel., Agave subzonata Trel., Agave theometel Zuccagni, Agave variegata Steud., nom. inval., Agave virginica Mill., nom. illeg., Agave zonata Trel..

References regarding Agave americana L. subsp. americana for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Bonplandia (1859)
· Primo Contributo ad una Monografia delle Agave (1885)
· Stand. Cycl. Hort. (1914)
· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1920)
· Kaktus Klub (2004)
· Actas Dermosifi liogr. (2005)

3) Agave americana L. var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry is another plant having the following synonyms: Agave abrupta Trel., Agave expansa Jacobi.

References regarding Agave americana L. var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Abhandlungen der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur. Abtheilung fü Naturwissenschaften und Medicin. (1868)
· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1920)
· The Agave Family in Sonora (1972)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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