Agave attenuata Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck.: 303. 1834 sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Agave glaucescens Hook. in Bot. Mag. 88: t. 5333. 1862 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Agave attenuata var. compacta Jacobi in Hamburger Garten-Blumenzeitung 21: 456. 1865 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Agave pruinosa Lem. ex Jacobi in Hamburger Garten-Blumenzeitung 21: 499. 1865 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Agave cernua A. Berger, Agaven: 122-123. f. 29. 1915 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008