desno|200px|thumb|Agave chiapensis, cvijet Agava (loparina; lat. Agave) je biljni rod nekad pripisivan vlastitoj porodici Agavaceae, a danas porodici Asparagaceae i potporodici Agavoideae. Rodu Agave pripada oko 270 vrsta plus razni prirodni hibridi.
Uglavnom raste u Meksiku, premda se može pronaći u južnim i zapadnim dijelovima Sjedinjenih Američkih Država i središnjim i tropskim dijelovima Južne Amerike. Ove biljke imaju velike rozete mesnatih listova, koji uglavnom imaju oštar vrh i bodljikav rub. Debela stabljika je obično kratka, a čini se kao da listovi rastu izravno iz korijena. Uz biljke iz bliskog roda Yucca, razne vrste agave popularne su kao ukrasne biljke.
Svaka rozeta jednom cvijeta, a zatim uvene. Tijekom cvatnje, visoka stabljika raste iz središta biljke i nosi veliki broj malih cvjetova. Nakon donošenja ploda, prvobitna biljka uvene, ali mladice često nastaju iz osnove stabljike od kojih nastaje nova biljka. Zbog ovoga se često pogrešno misli, da je agava kaktus.
Alkoholno piće tequila radi se od agave.
Čipku od agave u Hrvatskoj izrađuju redovnice u benediktinsku samostanu sv. Ivana Krstitelja i sv. Antuna Opata u gradu Hvaru na istoimenom otoku. Čipka se izrađuje od niti koje se posebnim postupkom dobivaju iz sredine svježih listova agave. Nakon obrade niti su bijele boje, prilično tanke određene čvrstoće i dužine.
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Agave abisaii A.Vázquez & Nieves Agave acicularis Trel. Agave acklinicola Trel. Agave × ajoensis W.C.Hodgs. Agave aktites Gentry Agave albescens Trel. Agave alboaustralis (E.Solano & Ríos-Gómez) Thiede Agave albomarginata Gentry Agave albopilosa I.Cabral, Villarreal & A.E.Estrada Agave americana L. Agave andreae Sahagún & A.Vázquez Agave angustiarum Trel. Agave angustifolia Haw. Agave anomala Trel. Agave antillarum Descourt. Agave apedicellata Thiede & Eggli Agave applanata K.Koch Agave arcedianoensis Cházaro, O.M.Valencia & A.Vázquez Agave × arizonica Gentry & J.H.Weber Agave arubensis Hummelinck Agave asperrima Jacobi Agave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck Agave attenuata Salm-Dyck Agave aurea Brandegee Agave avellanidens Trel. Agave azurea R.H.Webb & G.D.Starr Agave bahamana Trel. Agave bicolor (E.Solano & García-Mend.) Thiede & Eggli Agave boldinghiana Trel. Agave bovicornuta Gentry Agave braceana Trel. Agave bracteosa S.Watson ex Engelm. Agave brevipetala Trel. Agave brevispina Trel. Agave brittoniana Trel. Agave brunnea S.Watson Agave bulbulifera (Castillejos & E.Solano) Thiede Agave bulliana (Baker) Thiede & Eggli Agave cacozela Trel. Agave cajalbanensis A.Álvarez Agave calodonta A.Berger Agave cantala (Haw.) Roxb. ex Salm-Dyck Agave caribaeicola Trel. Agave caymanensis Proctor Agave cerulata Trel. Agave chamelensis (E.J.Lott & Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli Agave chazaroi A.Vázquez & O.M.Valencia Agave chiapensis Jacobi Agave chrysantha Peebles Agave chrysoglossa I.M.Johnst. Agave cocui Trel. Agave coetocapnia (M.Roem.) Govaerts & Thiede Agave collina Greenm. Agave colorata Gentry Agave confertiflora Thiede & Eggli Agave congesta Gentry Agave convallis Trel. Agave cundinamarcensis A.Berger Agave cupreata Trel. & A.Berger Agave dasylirioides Jacobi & C.D.Bouché Agave datylio F.A.C.Weber Agave debilis A.Berger Agave decipiens Baker Agave delamateri W.C.Hodgs. & Slauson Agave demeesteriana Jacobi Agave deserti Engelm. Agave difformis A.Berger Agave doctorensis L.Hern. & Magallán Agave dolichantha Thiede & Eggli Agave durangensis Gentry Agave dussiana Trel. Agave eggersiana Trel. Agave ellemeetiana Jacobi Agave ensifera Jacobi Agave evadens Trel. Agave felgeri Gentry Agave filifera Salm-Dyck Agave flexispina Trel. Agave fortiflora Gentry Agave fourcroydes Lem. Agave funkiana K.Koch & C.D.Bouché Agave fusca (Ravenna) Thiede & Eggli Agave galvaniae (A.Castañeda, S.Franco & García-Mend.) Etter & Kristen Agave garciae-mendozae Galván & L.Hern. Agave geminiflora (Tagl.) Ker Gawl. Agave gentryi B.Ullrich Agave ghiesbreghtii Verschaff. Agave gigantensis Gentry Agave gilbertii A.Berger Agave × glomeruliflora (Engelm.) A.Berger Agave gomezpompae Cházaro & Jimeno-Sevilla Agave gracielae Galvan & Zamudio Agave gracilipes Trel. Agave gracillima A.Berger Agave graminifolia (Rose) Govaerts & Thiede Agave grisea Trel. Agave guadalajarana Trel. Agave guerrerensis (Matuda) G.D.Rowley Agave guiengola Gentry Agave guttata Jacobi & C.D.Bouché Agave gypsicola Agave gypsophila Gentry Agave harrisii Trel. Agave hauniensis J.B.Petersen Agave havardiana Trel. Agave hiemiflora Gentry Agave hookeri Jacobi Agave horrida Lem. ex Jacobi Agave howardii (Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli Agave hurteri Trel. Agave impressa Gentry Agave inaequidens K.Koch Agave inaguensis Trel. Agave indagatorum Trel. Agave intermixta Trel. Agave involuta (McVaugh) Thiede & Eggli Agave isthmensis A.García-Mend. & F.Palma Agave jaiboli Gentry Agave jaliscana (Rose) A.Berger Agave jarucoensis A.Álvarez Agave jimenoi Cházaro & A.Vázquez Agave justosierrana (García-Mend.) Thiede Agave karatto Mill. Agave karwinskii Zucc. Agave kavandivi García-Mend. & C.Chávez Agave kerchovei Lem. Agave kewensis Jacobi Agave kristenii A.Vázquez & Cházaro Agave lagunae Trel. Agave lecheguilla Torr. Agave littoralis (García-Mend., A.Castañeda & S.Franco) Thiede & Eggli Agave longibracteata (Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli Agave longiflora (Rose) G.D.Rowley Agave longipes Trel. Agave macroacantha Zucc. Agave maculata Regel Agave madrensis Villarreal, Ram.-Gam. & A.E.Estrada Agave manantlanicola Cuevas & Santana-Michel Agave mapisaga Trel. Agave margaritae Brandegee Agave marmorata Roezl Agave maximiliana Baker Agave mckelveyana Gentry Agave melanacantha Lem. ex Jacobi Agave michoacana (M.Cedano, Delgad. & Enciso) Thiede & Eggli Agave microceps (Kimnach) A.Vázquez & Cházaro Agave millspaughii Trel. Agave minor Proctor Agave missionum Trel. Agave mitis Mart. Agave montana Villarreal Agave montium-sancticaroli García-Mend. Agave moranii Gentry Agave multicolor (E.Solano & Dávila) Thiede Agave multifilifera Gentry Agave murpheyi Gibson Agave nanchititlensis (Matuda) ined. Agave nashii Trel. Agave nayaritensis Gentry Agave neocernua Thiede Agave neonelsonii Thiede & Eggli Agave neopringlei Thiede & Eggli Agave nickelsiae Rol.-Goss. Agave nizandensis Cutak Agave nuusaviorum García-Mend. Agave oaxacana (García-Mend. & E.Solano) Thiede Agave obscura Schiede ex Schltdl. Agave ocahui Gentry Agave offoyana De Smet ex Jacobi Agave ornithobroma Gentry Agave oroensis Gentry Agave ortgiesiana (Baker) Trel. Agave ovatifolia G.D.Starr & Villarreal Agave pablocarrilloi A.Vázquez, Muñiz-Castro & Padilla-Lepe Agave pachycentra Trel. Agave palmeri Engelm. Agave palustris (Rose) Thiede & Eggli Agave panamana Trel. Agave paniculata (L.Hern., R.A.Orellana & Carnevali) Thiede Agave papyrocarpa Trel. Agave parrasana A.Berger Agave parryi Engelm. Agave parva (Aarón Rodr.) Thiede Agave parvidentata Trel. Agave parviflora Torr. Agave pax Gir.-Cañas Agave peacockii Croucher Agave pelona Gentry Agave pendula Schnittsp. Agave petiolata Trel. Agave petrophila A.García-Mend. & E.Martínez Agave petskinil (R.A.Orellana, L.Hern. & Carnevali) Thiede Agave phillipsiana W.C.Hodgs. Agave pintilla S.González, M.González & L.Reséndiz Agave planifolia S.Watson Agave platyphylla (Rose) Thiede & Eggli Agave polianthes Thiede & Eggli Agave polianthiflora Gentry Agave polyacantha Haw. Agave potatorum Zucc. Agave potosina B.L.Rob. & Greenm. Agave potreriana Trel. Agave pratensis A.Berger Agave pringlei Engelm. ex Baker Agave producta Thiede & Eggli Agave pubescens Regel & Ortgies Agave × pumila De Smet ex Baker Agave quilae (Art.Castro & Aarón Rodr.) Thiede & Govaerts Agave revoluta Klotzsch Agave rhodacantha Trel. Agave rosei Thiede & Eggli Agave rovelliana Tod. Agave rutteniae Hummelinck Agave rzedowskiana P.Carrillo, Vega & R.Delgad. Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck Agave scabra Ortega Agave scaposa Gentry Agave schidigera Lem. Agave schneideriana A.Berger Agave schottii Engelm. Agave sebastiana Greene Agave seemanniana Jacobi Agave shaferi Trel. Agave shawii Engelm. Agave shrevei Gentry Agave sileri (Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli Agave singuliflora (S.Watson) A.Berger Agave sisalana Perrine Agave sobolifera Houtt. Agave sobria Brandegee Agave spicata Cav. Agave stictata Thiede & Eggli Agave striata Zucc. Agave stricta Salm-Dyck Agave stringens Trel. Agave subsimplex Trel. Agave tecta Trel. Agave temacapulinensis A.Vázquez & Cházaro Agave tenuifolia Zamudio & E.Sánchez Agave tequilana F.A.C.Weber Agave thomasiae Trel. Agave titanota Gentry Agave toumeyana Trel. Agave triangularis Jacobi Agave tubulata Trel. Agave turneri R.H.Webb & Salazar-Ceseña Agave umbrophila (García-Mend.) Thiede Agave underwoodii Trel. Agave undulata Klotzsch Agave univittata Haw. Agave utahensis Engelm. Agave valenciana Cházaro & A.Vázquez Agave variegata Jacobi Agave vazquezgarciae Cházaro & J.A.Lomelí Agave vera-cruz Mill. Agave verdensis W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon Agave verhoekiae (García-Mend.) Thiede Agave vicina Trel. Agave victoriae-reginae T.Moore Agave vilmoriniana A.Berger Agave virginica L. Agave vivipara L. Agave vizcainoensis Gentry Agave wallisii Jacobi Agave warelliana De Smet ex T.Moore & Mast. Agave weberi J.F.Cels ex J.Poiss. Agave wercklei F.A.C.Weber ex Wercklé Agave wildingii Tod. Agave wocomahi Gentry Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck Agave yavapaiensis W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon Agave zapopanensis (E.Solano & Ríos-Gómez) Thiede Agave zebra Gentry
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