First Description

Species Plantarum 1: 323, 1753

Synonyms

Agave aboriginum Trelease (1907)
    (Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 18: 34, 1907)

Agave angustifolia var. angustifolia Haworth (1812)
    (Synopsis Plantarum Succulentarum: 72, 1812)

Agave angustifolia var. rubescens (Salm-Dyck) Gentry (1982)
    (Agaves of Continental North America: 566-567, 1982)

Agave bergeri Trelease ex Berger (1915)
    (Die Agaven: 250, 1915)

Agave breedlovei Gentry (1982)
    (Agaves of Continental North America: 567-568, 1982)

Agave costaricana Gentry (1949)
    (Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 13: 195, 1949)

Agave donnell-smithii Trelease (1915)
    (Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 23(3): 144-145, 1915)

Agave elongata Jacobi (1865)
    (Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung 21: 168, 1865)

Agave endlichiana Trelease (1907)
    (Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 18: 34, 1907)

Agave erubescens Ellemeet (1871)
    (La Belgique Horticole 21: 119, 1871)

Agave excelsa Jacobi (1866)
    (Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung 22: 215, 1866)

Agave excelsa Baker (1877)
    (Gardeners' Chronicle, n. ser., v. 8: 397, 1877)

Agave flaccida Salm-Dyck (1834)
    (Hortus Dyckensis: 306, 1834)

Agave flaccida Haworth (1812)
    (Synopsis Plantarum Succulentarum: 72, 1812)

Agave flavovirens Jacobi (1866)
    (Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung 22: 270, 1866)

Agave ixtli Karwinsky ex Salm-Dyck (1834)
    (Hortus Dyckensis 8: 304, 1834)

Agave ixtli var. excelsa (Baker) Terracciano (1885)
    (A. Terracciano: Primo Contributo ad una Monografia delle Agave: 44, 1885)

Agave ixtlioides Hooker (1871)
    (Curtis's Botanical Magazine 97: t. 5893, 1871)

Agave jacquiniana Schultes (1829)
    (Systema Vegetabilium 7(1): 727, 1829)

Agave kirchneriana Berger (1915)
    (Die Agaven: 252, 1915)

Agave lespinassei Trelease (1907)
    (Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 18: 33, 1907)

Agave lurida Jacquin (1790)
    (nom. illeg., Art. 53.1)

Agave lurida var. jacquiniana (Schultes) Salm-Dyck (1861)

Agave oweni Johnston (1924)
    (Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (4)12: 999-1000, 1924)

Agave pacifica Trelease (1920)
    (Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium 23: 118, 1920)

Agave panamana Trelease (1920)
    (Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium 23: 114, 1920)

Agave prainiana Berger (1915)
    (Die Agaven: 246, 1915)

Agave prolifera Schott ex Standley (1930)
    (Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 3(3): 232, 1930)

Agave punctata Salm-Dyck (1834)
    (Hortus Dyckensis 8: 306, 1834)

Agave rigida Spin (1812)
    (nom. illeg., Art. 53.1)

Agave rigida Berger (1898)
    (Gartenwelt 2: 604, 1898)

Agave rigida var. elongata Anonymus

Agave rubescens Salm-Dyck (1834)
    (Hortus Dyckensis 8: 306, 1834)

Agave serrulata Karwinsky ex Otto (1842)
    (Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 10: 51, 1842)

Agave sicaefolia Trelease (1915)
    (Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 23(3): 141-142, 1915)

Agave sobolifera var. serrulata Terracciano (1885)

Agave spectabilis Todaro (1878)
    (Hortus Botanicus Panormitanus 2: 4, t. 25, 1878-92)

Agave vera-cruz var. jacquiniana (Schultes) Ascherson & Graebner

Agave vivipara Linné (1753)
    (Species Plantarum 1: 323, 1753)

Agave vivipara Wight (1853)
    (nom. illeg., Art. 53.1)

Aloe vivipara Crantz (1766)
    (Institutiones Rei Herbariae juxta nutum Naturae Digestae ex Habitu 1: 466, 1766)

Agave vivipara var. rubescens (Salm-Dyck) P. Forster (1992)
    (Brittonia 44: 74, 1992)

Agave vivipara var. woodrowi Hort. ex Berger (1915)
    (Die Agaven: 242, 1915)

Agave wightii Drummond & Prain (1906)
    (Bengal Agricultural Bulletin 8: 15, 1906)

Agave yaquiana Trelease (1920)
    (Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium 23: 120, 1920)

Agave zapupe Trelease (1907)
    (Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 18: 32, 1907)

Literature

Trelease, W.: Agave in the West Indies, Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci. 11: 18-19, 1913

García-Mendoza, A. & Chiang, F.: The confusion of Agave vivipara L. and A. angustifolia Haw., two distinct taxa, 2003

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Basic Data

Subgenus

Agave

Section

Viviparae

Diameter

Inflorescence

Flower Color

green to yellow

Flowering Time

Reproduction

Common Name

Natural Location

Occurrence

Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Panama

Remarks

Indoor Summer

Exposition

sunny to half shady

Watering

plenty

Indoor Winter

Temperature

keep frost free

Soil

keep slightly moist

Outdoor

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Hardiness