Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: Variegated Caribbean agave

Family: Asparagaceae subfam. Agavoideae

Distribution: Central America

IUCN Red list: Not evaluated

Comments: The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families regards Agave angustifolia as an illegitimate synonym for Agave vivipara. Other sources maintain them as distinct species with non-overlapping native distributions. A. angustifolia has narrow, stiffly erect leaves with moderately-spaced spines, producing capsules, not bulibiferous; whereas A. vivipara is described as having shorter, recurved leaves with short-spaced spines and bulbiferous.