Furcraea foetida

Furcraea foetida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Agavoideae
Genus: Furcraea
Species: Furcraea foetida

Name

Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw., 1812

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Agave foetida L., Sp. Pl.: 323 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Aloe foetida (L.) Crantz, Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 466 (1766).
• Heterotypic
  • Furcraea gigantea Vent., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 65 (1793).
  • Funium piliferum Willemet, Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 26 (1798).
  • Furcraea madagascariensis Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 42 (1819).
  • Agave madagascariensis (Haw.) Salm-Dyck, Index Pl. Succ. Hort. Dyck.: 1 (1822).
  • Agave commelyni Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck.: 301 (1834).
  • Agave gigantea (Vent.) D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. 2: 1192 (1840).
  • Furcraea commelyni (Salm-Dyck) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 842 (1850).
  • Fourcroya gigantea (Vent.) Hook., Bot. Mag. 86: t. 5163 (1860).
  • Furcraea barillettii Jacobi, Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss. 1869: 166 (1869).
  • Agave bulbosa W.Bull, Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 60: 3 (1871).
  • Furcraea atroviridis Jacobi & Goeff., Vers. Syst. Ord. Agav.: 273 (1871).
  • Furcraea viridis Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 353 (1884).
  • Furcraea watsoniana Sander, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 23: 242 (1898).
  • Furcraea gigantea var. mediopicta Trel. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 3: 1306 (1915).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: America Costa Rica to N. South America and S. Caribbean References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Haworth, A.H., 1812. Synopsis plantarum succulentarum ... 73.
• Wilcox, M. 2005: The genus Furcraea (Agavaceae) in the Auckland region. Auckland Botanical Society journal 60: 159-162. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Furcraea foetida in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 09. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Furcraea foetida. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 09 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Furcraea foetida in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 09.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Furcraea foetida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Jan. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Furcraea foetida in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Mauritius hemp, Giant Cabuya, Mauritius-hemp
español: Cabuya
தமிழ்: யானை கற்றாழை

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