Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A) Author Jarvis, Charlie Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK text 2007 Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum London Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types 252 342 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Agave americana Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 323. 1753 . "Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 2518. Lectotype (Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 3: 486. 1979): Herb. Linn. No. 443.1, flowers only ( LINN ) . Generitype of Agave Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. : 147. 1929). Current name: Agave americana L. ( Agavaceae ).