Furcraea tuberosa

Furcraea tuberosa

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

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

Name

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Furcraea tuberosa (Mill.) W.T.Aiton, 1811

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Agave tuberosa Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 4 (1768).
  • Homotypic
    • Yucca superba Roxb., Hort. Bengal.: 25 (1814), nom. superfl.
    • Fourcroya tuberosa (Mill.) Hook., Bot. Mag. 86: t. 5163 (1860).
  • Heterotypic
    • Furcraea spinosa O.Targ.Tozz., Ann. Mus. Imp. Fis. Firenze 1: 16 (1808).
    • Agave angustifolia Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 34 (1840), not validly publ.
    • Agave spinosa (O.Targ.Tozz.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 37 (1840).
    • Furcraea lipsiensis Jacobi, Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss. 1869: 169 (1869).
    • Furcraea vivipara Anon., Gard. Chron. 1869: 587 (1869).
    • Furcraea geminispina Jacobi, Vers. Syst. Ord. Agav.: 282 (1871).
    • Agave campanulata Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 87 (1894).
    • Furcraea interrupta Trel. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 3: 1306 (1915).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Jamaica; Leeward Is.; Puerto Rico; Windward Is.

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

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Vernacular names

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