Agave vivipara L.
var. vivipara

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Photo: Mark Hyde
Outside Dandaro Village

Synonyms:	Agave angustifolia Haw.
Common names:	Caribbean agave (English)
Description:	Medium-sized evergreen succulent plant; flowering stem 3-5 m tall. Leaves green or greyish, sometimes variegated; margin with small teeth, 2-5 mm long. Flowers 5-6.5 cm long, green to yellow, borne in clusters. Plant producing numerous plantlets on the flowering stem.
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Derivation of specific name:	vivipara: reproducing by plantlets which are still attached to the parent plant; viviparous
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Worldwide distribution:	Central America
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Witt, A. & Luke, Q. (2017). Guide to the naturalized and invasive plants of Eastern Africa CAB International, UK. Pages 276 - 277. as Agave angustifolia (Includes a picture).

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Agave vivipara
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Agave vivipara
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Agave vivipara
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Flora Zambesiaca web site: Agave vivipara
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Agave vivipara
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network): Agave vivipara
iNaturalist: Agave vivipara
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Agave vivipara
JSTOR Plant Science: Agave vivipara
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Agave vivipara
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Agave vivipara
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Agave vivipara
Plants of the World Online: Agave vivipara
The Plant List (version 1.1): Agave vivipara
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