Origin and Habitat: Native to the plateau of central Mexico (from Jalisco east to Mexico)
Habitat: Grows in small colonies at elevations of 1,900 to 2,500 meters, this Agave is rare in the wild.

• Agave cernua A.Berger

• Agave attenuata Salm-Dyck
• Ghiesbreghtia mollis Roezl
• Agave attenuata var. compacta Jacobi
• Agave attenuata var. latifolia Salm-Dyck ex A.Terracc.
• Agave attenuata var. paucibracteata Trel.
• Agave attenuata var. subdentata Cels ex Carrière
• Agave attenuata var. subundulata Jacobi
• Agave attenuata f. variegata hort.
• Agave attenuata f. mediopicta hort.
• Agave cernua A.Berger
• Agave compacta hort. ex Besaucèle
• Agave debaryana Jacobi
• Agave elliptica hort. ex Besaucèle
• Agave glaucescens Hook.
• Agave kellocki Jacobi
• Agave pruinosa Lem. ex Jacobi
• Agave spectabilis hort. ex Besaucèle
• Agave virens hort. ex Besaucèle

• Agave attenuata var. serrulata A.Terracc. in A.Terracc.
• Agave cernua var. serrulata A.Berger in A.Berger