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Scientific name Agave amica
Authority (Medik.) Thiede & Govaerts
First published in Phytotaxa 306(3): 237. 2017 [12 May 2017] [epublished]

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Polianthes gracilis Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 330 (1821)
Polianthes tuberosa L. Sp. Pl. : 316 (1753)
Tuberosa amica Medik. Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6(Phys.): 430 (1790)
Polianthes tuberosa f. plena Moldenke Phytologia 3: 41 (1948)
Agave polianthes Thiede & Eggli Kakteen And. Sukk. 52: 166 (2001)
Crinum angustifolium Houtt. Nat. Hist. 2(12): 165 (1780)
Polianthes tuberosa var. gracilis (Link) Beurl. Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 42: 110. 1856
Agave tuberosa (L.) Thiede & Eggli Kakteen And. Sukk. 50: 112 (1999)

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic زنبل
Arabic مسك رومي
Arabic مسك الروم الدرني
Assamese ৰজনীগন্ধা
ban sedap malam
Bengali রজনীগন্ধা
Catalan nard
Czech tuberóza hlíznatá
Persian گل مریم
Finnish tuberosa
Galician nardo
Hindi रजनीगन्धा
Upper Sorbian tuberoza
Armenian Բրաբիոն
Indonesian sedap malam
io tuberoso
Japanese チューベローズ
jv sedhep malem
kaa tuberoza
Kannada ಸುಗಂಧರಾಜ
mai रजनीगन्धा
mni ꯀꯨꯟꯗꯥꯂꯩ ꯑꯉꯧꯕ
Marathi निशिगंध
Malay sundal malam
Malay sedap malam
Malay pokok harum sundal malam
nah omixōchitl
Nepali सुघन्धराज
Oriya ରଜନୀଗନ୍ଧା (ଫୁଲ)
os Къозурбеу
Polish tuberoza bulwiasta
Punjab رجنی گندھا
Romanian tuberoză
Russian тубероза
sd گل شبو
Slovenian tuberoza
su sundal malam
Swedish tuberos
Tamil சம்பங்கி
Thai ซ่อนกลิ่น
Uzbek tabargul
Vietnamese huệ
Chinese 晚香玉

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  • Africa
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Rwanda
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Seychelles
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Pacific
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands
      • Marianas
    • South-central Pacific
      • Society Islands
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Western South America
      • Peru

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World Flora Online wfo-0001425429
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77153983-1
NCBI Taxonomy 82206
IPNI 77153983-1
iNaturalist 1147265
GBIF 10868891
Freebase /m/030vv4
Wikipedia Agave_amica

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Exploring the Volatile Composition and Antibacterial Activity of Edible Flower Hydrosols with Insights into Their Spontaneous Emissions and Essential Oil Chemistry Najar B, Pieracci Y, Fratini F, Pistelli L, Turchi B, Varriale D, Pistelli L, Bozzini MF, Marchioni I Plants (Basel) 19-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11053853
doi:10.3390/plants13081145
PMID:38674554
Author Correction: Agave amica a potential model for the study of agavins metabolism Salomé-Abarca LF, Márquez-López RE, López MG Sci Rep 27-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10899569
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-55346-5
PMID:38413770
Xenomyrothecium tongaense PTS8: a rare endophyte of Polianthes tuberosa with salient antagonism against multidrug-resistant pathogens Sundar RD, Arunachalam S Front Microbiol 16-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10906109
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2024.1327190
PMID:38435697
Special Issue: Agricultural Nanotechnology Abd-Elsalam KA Plants (Basel) 08-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10892512
doi:10.3390/plants13040489
PMID:38498416
Improving seed germination and physiological characteristics of maize seedlings under osmotic stress through potassium nano-silicate treatment Weisany W, Razmi J, Pashang D Front Plant Sci 20-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10765601
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1274396
PMID:38179480
Agave amica a potential model for the study of agavins metabolism Salomé-Abarca LF, Márquez-López RE, López MG Sci Rep 14-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10645838
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-47062-3
PMID:37964003
Review of recent advances in post-harvest techniques for tropical cut flowers and future prospects: Heliconia as a case-study Malakar M, Paiva PD, Beruto M, da Cunha Neto AR Front Plant Sci 28-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10419226
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1221346
PMID:37575938
How far can omics go in unveiling the mechanisms of floral senescence? Rogers HJ Biochem Soc Trans 30-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10586764
doi:10.1042/BST20221097
PMID:37387359
An integrated transcriptome and metabolome analysis reveals the gene network regulating flower development in Pogostemon cablin Zhang C, Liu X, Liu Y, Yu J, Yao G, Yang H, Yang D, Wu Y Front Plant Sci 29-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10340533
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1201486
PMID:37457333
The Agavoideae: an emergent model clade for CAM evolutionary biology Heyduk K, McAssey EV, Field R, Leebens-Mack J Ann Bot 16-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10799990
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad062
PMID:37191440
Exogenous applications of gibberellic acid modulate the growth, flowering and longevity of calla lily Chandel A, Thakur M, Rakwal A, Chauhan S, Bhargava B Heliyon 15-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10208936
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16319
PMID:37251873
Pest categorisation of Paracoccus marginatus Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Grégoire J, Malumphy C, Kertesz V, Maiorano A, MacLeod A EFSA J 31-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10064853
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7899
PMID:37009439
Current Trends and Prospects for Application of Green Synthesized Metal Nanoparticles in Cancer and COVID-19 Therapies Mbatha LS, Akinyelu J, Chukwuma CI, Mokoena MP, Kudanga T Viruses 13-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10054370
doi:10.3390/v15030741
PMID:36992450
Polianthes tuberosa-Mediated Silver Nanoparticles from Flower Extract and Assessment of Their Antibacterial and Anticancer Potential: An In Vitro Approach Alghuthaymi MA, Patil S, Rajkuberan C, Krishnan M, Krishnan U, Abd-Elsalam KA Plants (Basel) 10-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10054782
doi:10.3390/plants12061261
PMID:36986949
The mycelium of the Trametes versicolor synn. Coriolus versicolor (Turkey tail mushroom) exhibit anti-melanoma activity in vitro Lowenthal R, Taylor M, Gidden JA, Heflin B, Lay JO Jr, Avaritt N, Tackett AJ, Urbaniak A Biomed Pharmacother 22-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10147383
doi:10.1016/j.biopha.2023.114424
PMID:36827712

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