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Agave vivipara

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Asparagaceae > Genus: Agave

Native to Mexico, naturalised in southern Africa

Publications

  • Smith, G.F. & Steyn, E.M.A. 1999. Agave vivipara: the correct name for Agave angustifolia. Bothalia 29: 100.