Furcraea hexapetala

Furcraea hexapetala

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

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

Name edit

Furcraea hexapetala (Jacq.) Urb., 1903

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Agave hexapetala Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 18 (1760).
  • Heterotypic
    • Agave aspera Jacq., Enum. Stirp. Vindob., App.: 307 (1762).
    • Agave cubensis Jacq., Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 100 (1763).
    • Furcraea cubensis (Jacq.) Vent., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 66 (1793).
    • Agave odorata Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 380 (1805).
    • Agave vivipara Arruda, Diss. Pl. Brazil: 23 (1810), nom. illeg.
    • Furcraea agavephylla Brot. ex Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 6: 731 (1820).
    • Agave australis Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 1: 18 (1821).
    • Furcraea aspera (Jacq.) M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 4: 293 (1847).
    • Furcraea valleculata Jacobi, Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss. 1869: 175 (1869).
    • Furcraea cubensis var. inermis Baker, Bot. Mag. 107: t. 6543 (1881).
    • Furcraea macrophylla Baker, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 26: t. 2501 (1899).
    • Furcraea cahum Trel., Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Suppl. 3: 908 (1910).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Southeast;
  • Continental: Southern America
      • Bahamas; Bermuda; Cayman Is.; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Galpagos; Haiti; Jamaica; Trinidad-Tobago; Turks-Caicos Is.; Venezuela

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: Cuban hemp
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