Agave

Agave (/əˈɡɑːveɪ/^[1] or /əˈɡeɪviː/^[2]) is a genus o monocots. The plants are perennial, but each rosette flouers ance an then dies (see semelparity). Some species are kent bi the name century plant.^[3]

Agave
Agave americana
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Faimily:	Asparagaceae
Subfaimily:	Agavoideae
Genus:	Agave L.
Species
See text. See an aa full leetin.

In the APG III seestem, the genus is placed in the subfamily Agavoideae o the broadly circumscribed faimily Asparagaceae.^[4] Some authors prefer tae place it in the segregate faimily Agavaceae. Tradeetionally, it wis circumscribed tae be componed o aboot 166 species, but it is nou uisually unnerstuid tae hae aboot 208 species.^[5]