Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 323 [tax. nov.]

Hamilton, A.G. (1892), On the effect which settlement in Australia has produced upon indigenous vegetation. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 26: 237 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Additions and Corrections. Flora of South Australia 4: 697 [secondary reference]

common name: American Aloe [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 201, Fig. 282 [secondary reference]

common name: American Aloe [n/a]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 450 [secondary reference]

common name: Century Plant [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 7 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 53 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Agave. Flora of Australia 46: 74 [secondary reference]

common name: Century Plant [n/a]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Agavaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 752 [secondary reference]

common name: Century Plant [n/a]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Agavaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 61-62 [secondary reference]

common name: Century Plant [n/a]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Agavaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 69-70, pl. 6 [secondary reference]

common name: Century Plant [n/a]

Conran, J.G. & Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Agavaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 718-719, Fig. 139a-c [secondary reference]

common name: Century Plant [n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 523-524 [secondary reference]

common name: Century Plant [n/a]

de Lange, P.J., Gardner, R.O., Sykes, W.R., Crowcroft, G.M., Cameron, E.K., Stalker, F., Christian, M.L. & Braggins, J.E. (2005), Vascular flora of Norfolk Island: some additions and taxonomic notes. New Zealand Journal of Botany 43: 582 [secondary reference]

common name: Century Plant [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Agave americana L. var. americana legitimate taxonomic synonym: Agave expansa Jacobi legitimate taxonomic synonym: Agave americana var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry legitimate taxonomic synonym: Agave americana ‘Marginata’ [default]

• APC Comment: Agave americana var. americana, A. americana var. expansa and A. americana 'Marginata' are recognised as distinct taxa in Qld.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Taplin, R.L. & Symon, D.E. (29 September 2008), Remnant horticultural plants at the site of the former Newman's Nursery, 1854-1932. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 22: 80 [secondary reference]

common name: Century Plant [n/a]

Forster, P.I. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Agavaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2010: 6 [secondary reference]

Franck, A.R. (2012), Guide to Agave, Cinnamomum, Corymbia, Eucalyptus, Pandanus, and Sansevieria in the Flora of Florida. Phytoneuron 102: 2, Fig. 1 [secondary reference]

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 352-353, photos 12-15 [secondary reference]

common name: Century Plant [n/a]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 82 [secondary reference]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2019), A Census of the vascular plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 88 [secondary reference]

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