Agave macroacantha Zucc. in Flora 15(2), beiblatt 2: 97. 1832 sec. García-Mendoza 2011
- =Agave pugioniformis Zucc. in Flora 15(2), beiblatt 2: 97-98. 1832 syn. sec. García-Mendoza 2011
- =Agave flavescens Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck. 8: 305. 1834 syn. sec. García-Mendoza 2011
- =Agave flavescens var. macroacantha (Zucc.) Jacobi in Hamburger Garten-Blumenzeitung 20: 500. 1864 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Agave besseriana Jacobi in Hamburger Garten-Blumenzeitung 21: 155. 1865 syn. sec. García-Mendoza 2011
- =Agave linearis Jacobi in Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 1869: 179. 1869 syn. sec. García-Mendoza 2011
- =Agave subfalcata Jacobi in Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 1869: 179. 1869 syn. sec. García-Mendoza 2011
- =Agave integrifolia Baker, Handb. Amaryll.: 185. 1888 syn. sec. García-Mendoza 2011
- =Agave macroacantha var. integrifolia Trel. in Rep. Annual, Missouri Bot. Gard. 18: 251. 1907 syn. sec. García-Mendoza 2011
- =Agave macroacantha var. latifolia Trel. in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 18: 251. 1907 syn. sec. García-Mendoza 2011