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• Type: Agave L.

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taxonomic synonym: Funkiaceae Horan. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Yuccaceae J.Agardh legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hesperocallidaceae Traub legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hostaceae B.Mathew legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chlorogalaceae Doweld & Reveal legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Asparagaceae Juss. nom. cons.

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 932 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Asparagaceae Juss. nom. cons.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Agavineae Dumort. orth. var.

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 109 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Asparagaceae Juss. nom. cons.

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