| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| Rotheca | roth-EE-kuh | Origin unknown |
| Nechamandra | nek-uh-MAN-druh | Origin unknown |
| Dymondia | dy-MON-dee-uh | Origin unknown |
| Oziroe | oh-ZEE-roh | Origin unknown |
| Metopium | me-TOH-pee-um | From the Greek metopon (forehead) |
| Piloblephis | pil-oh-BLEF-is | Origin unknown |
| X Schimlinia | skim-LIN-ee-uh | Intergeneric hybrid between Franklinia and Schima |
| Sclerocarya | skler-oh-KAIR-yuh | Hard Nut |
| birrea | BIR-ree-uh | Derived from the word birr, the common name used in Senegal |
| foveatus | foh-vee-AY-tus | Pitted |
| foveatum | foh-vee-AY-tum | Pitted |
| foveata | foh-vee-AY-tuh | Pitted |
| foveolatus | foh-vee-oh-LAY-tus | Somewhat pitted |
| foveolatum | foh-vee-oh-LAY-tum | Somewhat pitted |
| foveolata | foh-vee-oh-LAY-tuh | Somewhat pitted |
| fuliginosus | few-lih-gin-OH-sus | Sooty black |
| fuliginosum | few-lih-gin-OH-sum | Sooty black |
| fuliginosa | few-lih-gin-OH-suh | Sooty black |
| fulgineus | ful-GIN-ee-us | Sooty black |
| fulgineum | ful-GIN-ee-um | Sooty black |
| fulginea | ful-GIN-ee-uh | Sooty black |
| castellorum | kas-tel-LOR-um | Castle, fortress; Named for the appearance of Aloe castellorum on historic mountains |
| harlana | har-LAY-nuh | For the occurance near Harla, Harar Prov., Ethiopia |
| fleurentiniorum | flew-ren-tin-ee-OR-um | Named for French medical technician J. Fleurentin |
| calodontus | kal-oh-DON-tus | From the Greek kalos (beautiful) and odous (tooth); Toothed leaf margins |
| calodonta | kal-oh-DON-tuh | From the Greek kalos (beautiful) and odous (tooth); Toothed leaf margins |
| cantala | kan-TAL-uh | Perhaps from a local Asian verancular name |
| cerulata | ker-yoo-LAY-tuh | From the Latin cera (waxy); Waxy leaf surface |
| colimana | koh-lim-AY-nuh | For the occurance in Colima, Mexico |
| datylio | duh-TY-lee-oh | From the local Mexican vernacular name |
| ellemeetiana | el-lem-ee-tee-AY-nuh | For W.C.M. de Jonge van Ellemeet, 19th century Dutch plant fancier and friend of German botanist G. Jacobi |
| evadens | EV-uh-denz | Latin word meaning escape, to escape |
| fortiflora | for-tih-FLOR-uh | From the Latin fortis (strong, powerful) and florus (flowered) |
| fourcroydes | for-KROY-deez | Resembles the genus Fourcroya, which is now Furcraea |
| gentryi | JEN-tree-eye | For 20th century American botanist, explorer and Agave specialist Dr. Howard S. Gentry |
| hiemiflora | hy-em-ih-FLOR-uh | From the Latin hiems (winter) and florus (flowering) |
| hurteri | HURT-er-eye | For Don G. Hurter, who photographed Guatemalan Agaves for W. Trelease |
| x leopoldii | lee-oh-POHL-dee-eye | Orgin of the name unknown. Hybrid of A. schidigera and A. filifera |
| margaritae | 1: For Margarethe Friedrich, 20th century German teacher and collector of succulent plants who often accompanied German botanist Kurt Dinter
2: mar-gar-EE-tay | For 20th century English botanical cytologist at Kew, Margaret Johnson |
| mckelveyana | mak-kel-vee-AY-nuh | For 20th century American botanist, horticulturist and botanical historian Susan A. McKelvey |
| moranii | mor-AN-ee-eye | For 20th century American botanist Dr. Reid V. Moran |
| multifilifera | mul-tee-fil-LIF-er-uh | From the Latin multi (many), filim (thread) and fera (carrying); referring to the leaf margins |
| nayaritensis | nay-ah-ree-tee-EN-sis | Of or from Nayarit, Mexico |
| nizandensis | ny-zan-DEN-sis | Of or from Nizanda, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| ocahui | oh-KAH-hee | From the local Mexican vernacular name fiber or cordage, Ocahui or Ojahui |
| ornithobroma | or-nith-oh-BROH-muh | Bird food |
| pachycentra | pak-ee-SEN-truh | From the Greek pachys (thick) and kentron (spur) |
| pachycentrus | pak-ee-SEN-trus | From the Greek pachys (thick) and kentron (spur) |
| pachycentrum | pak-ee-SEN-trum | From the Greek pachys (thick) and kentron (spur) |
| pedunculifera | ped-unk-yoo-LIF-er-uh | Bearing flower stalks |
| pedunculiferum | ped-unk-yoo-LIF-er-um | Bearing flower stalks |
| pelona | pel-OH-nuh | From the Spanish pelón (bald); refers to the absensce of leaf marginal teeth |
| potrerana | poh-trer-AH-nuh | Of or from Cerro Potrero, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| promontorii | prom-on-TOR-ee-eye | From the Latin promontorium (high point of land, bluff, cape) |
| schidigera | ski-DEE-ger-ruh | Fiber bearing |
| seemanniana | see-mahn-ee-AY-nuh | For 19th century German botanist Dr. Berthold Seemann |
| seemannianum | see-mahn-ee-AY-num | For 19th century German botanist Dr. Berthold Seemann |
| seemannianus | see-mahn-ee-AY-nus | For 19th century German botanist Dr. Berthold Seemann |
| shrevei | SHREEV-ee-eye | For 20th century American botanist and ecologist Dr. Forrest Shreve |
