GROUP	NAME	AUTHOR	SYNONYMS	AUTHOR	HABITAT
Antillanae	acicularis	Trelease 1913			Cuba
	anomala	Trelease 1913			Cuba
	antillarum v. antillarum	Descourtilz 1827			Haiti ; Dominican Republic
			americana	Urban
			dominicensis	Ruse
	antillarum v. grammontensis	Trelease 1927			Haiti ; Dominican Republic
	brevipetala	Trelease 1927			Haiti
	brevispina	Trelease 1927			Haiti
	grisea v. grisea	Trelease 1913			Cuba
			grisea v. cienfuegosana	Trelease 1913	Cuba
			grisea v. obesispina	Trelease 1913	Cuba
	harrisii	Trelease 1913			Jamaica
	intermixta	Trelease 1913			Haiti
	legrelliana v. legrelliana	Jacobi 1866			Cuba
			americana	Sagra
			coccinea	Lachaume
			laurentiana	Jacobi 1866	Cuba
			legrelliana v. brevifolia	Trelease 1913	Cuba
			melanacantha	Lemaire ex Jacobi 1865	Cuba
			offroyana	De Smet ex  Jacobi	Cuba
	longipes	Trelease 1913			Jamaica
	missionum	Trelease 1913			Virgin Is.
			eggersiana	Trelease 1913	Virgin Is.
			morrisii	Eggers
			vivipara	Oldendorp
	portoricensis	Trelease 1913			Puerto Rico
	shaferi	Trelease 1913			Cuba
	sobolifera	Salm-Dyck 1834			Jamaica
			americana	Lamarck
			laetevirens	Hort ex Berger
			morrisii	Baker 1887	Jamaica
			morrisii	Kent
			ornata	Jacobi 1865	Jamaica
	sobolifera v. spinidentata	Hummelinck			Jamaica
	underwoodii	Trelease 1913			Cuba
			americana	Millspaugh
			morrisii	Worsley
Antillares	albescens	Trelease 1913			Cuba
	brittoniana ssp. brittoniana	Trelease 1913			Cuba
	brittoniana ssp. brachycarpus	Alvarez 1996
	brittoniana ssp. sancti-spirituensis	Alvarez 1996
	papyrocarpa ssp. papyrocarpa	Trelease 1913			Gtr. Antilles
	papyrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa	Alvarez 1985
	wildingii	Todaro 1878			Cuba
	tubulata	Trelease 1913			Cuba
			ekmanii	Trelease	Cuba
			ekmanii v. microdonta	Trelease
			tubulata v. brevituba	Alvarez
Bahamanae	acklinicola	Trelease 1913			Bahamas
	bahamana	Trelease 1913			Bahamas
			rigida	Northrop
			sobolifera	Hitchcock
	braceana	Trelease 1913			Bahamas
			mexicana	Dolley
	cacozela	Trelease 1913			Bahamas
	indagatorum	Trelease 1913			Bahamas
	millspaughii	Trelease 1913			Bahamas
Caribaeae	barbadensis	Trelease 1913			Barbados
			americana	Dillenius
	caribaeicola	Trelease 1913			Martinique
			caribaea	Baker
			grenadina	Trelease 1913	Grenada
			?kewensis**	Jacobi 1866
			martiana	Koch 1860
			medioxima	Trelease 1913	Dominican Republic
			unguiculata	Trelease 1913	St. Lucia
			ventum-versa	Trelease 1913	St. Vincent
	dussiana	Trelease 1913			Guadaloupe
			montserratensis	Trelease 1913	Montserrat
	karatto	Miller 1768			St. Kitts
			keratto	Haworth
			nevidis	Trelease 1913	Nevis
			obducta	Trelease 1913	Antigua
			salm-dyckii	Baker 1877
			scheuermaniana	Trelease 1913	Anguilla
			trankeera	Trelease 1913	Leeward Is. . .(Bonaire; ..Curacao)
			van grolae	Trelease 1913	St.Eustatius Is.
Columbianae	cundinamarcensis	Berger 1915			Columbia
	wallisii	Jacobi 1870			Columbia
Inaguenses	inaguensis	Trelease 1913			Bahamas
	nashii	Trelease 1913			Bahamas
Vicinae	arubensis	Hummelinck 1936			Leeward Is. .(Aruba)
	boldinghiana	Trelease 1913			Leeward Is. .(Curacao)
	cocui	Trelease 1913			Venezuela
			americana	Humboldt
			cocui v. cucutensis	Hummelinck 1936	Venezuela
			cocui v. laguayrensis	Hummelinck 1936	Venezuela
	evadens	Trelease 1913			Trinidad
			polyacantha	Baker
			polyantha	Dodge
			vivipara	Hart
	petiolata	Trelease 1913			Leeward Is. .(Curacao)
			lurida	Hammelberg
	rutteniae	Hummelinck 1936
	vicina	Trelease 1913			Leeward Is. .(Aruba)
			vivipara	Crantz
			vivipara v.cabaiensis	Hummelinck
			vivipara v.cuebensis	Hummelinck
Viviparae	vivipara***	Linnaeus 1753
			sobolifera v. serrulata	Terracciono	Jamaica
			rubescens	Salm-Dyck 1834	Jamaica

 

(**see notes in 'Agaves of Continental North America' by H.S.Gentry under Agave Kewensis).

 

***The name agave vivipara appears several times in the literature from various authors ( Dalziel and Gibbs;Haworth; Linnaeus; Oldendorp ; Wight ) in various lists and refers to plants described in Barbados, Costa Rica and the Leeward Islands as well as the American mainland. It has been proposed by D.O.Wijnands in 1983 , P.Foster in 1992 and by G. Smith and E.Steyn in 1999 that the name is now specifically applied to plants formerly known as the variable complex of agave angustifolia.

In 2003 Garcia-Mendoza and Chiang published a paper in which they show that in fact angustifolia and vivipara are separate taxa and should not be considered as one and the same plant ( Brittonia 2003; 55:82-87).

Two synonyms of known Caribbean agaves are listed, a fuller list of synonyms of agave vivipara v. vivipara/angustifolia v. angustifolia is given below.  

 

Agave aboriginum Trelease
Agave angustifolia Haworth
Agave angustifolia var. angustifolia Haworth
Agave angustifolia var. rubescens (Salm-Dyck) Gentry
Agave bergeri Trelease ex Berger
Agave breedlovei Gentry

Agave costaricana Gentry

Agave donnell-smithii Trelease
Agave elongata Jacobi

Agave endlichiana Trelease

Agave erubescens Ellemeet
Agave excelsa Jacobi
Agave excelsa Baker

Agave flaccida Salm-Dyck

Agave flaccida Haworth
Agave flavovirens Jacobi
Agave ixtli Karwinsky ex Salm-Dyck
Agave ixtli var. excelsa (Baker) Terracciano
Agave ixtloides Hooker

Agave jacquiniana Schultes
Agave kirchneriana Berger

Agave lespinassei Trelease
Agave lurida Jacquin
Agave lurida var. jacquiniana (Schultes) Salm-Dyck

Agave owenii I. M. Johnston

Agave pacifica Trelease
Agave panamana Trelease
Agave prainiana Berger
Agave prolifera Schott ex Standley

Agave punctata Salm-Dyck

Agave rigida Spin
Agave rigida Berger
Agave rigida var. elongata Anonymus
Agave rubescens Salm-Dyck

Agave serrulata Karwinsky ex Otto

Agave sicaefolia Trelease
Agave sobolifera var. serrulata Terracciano
Agave spectabilis Todaro

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

Agave vivipara Wight

Aloe vivipara Crantz
Agave vivipara var. rubescens (Salm-Dyck) Forster

Agave vivipara var. woodrowii Hort. ex Berger

Agave wightii Drummond & Prain
Agave yaquiana Trelease
Agave zapupe Trelease

 

Excellent database ( includes Caribbean agaves ) at www.agavaceae.com