Agave americana var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry in U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 399: 80. 1972 sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Agave expansa Jacobi in Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss. 1868. Nachtr. 1: 151. 1868 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Agave abrupta Trel. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 132. 1920 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008