Asparagaceae

Furcraea Vent.

First published in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 65 (1793)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Marquesas, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Angola, Ascension, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Fiji, Florida, Great Britain, Guinea, Hawaii, India, Kermadec Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Madeira, Marianas, Mauritius, Mozambique Channel I, Nauru, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Portugal, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Tasmania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Vanuatu

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Drummond, J.R. [9] K002170833 No
Sim [3] South Africa K002170818 No
Drummond, J.R. [9] K002170830 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002170826 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002170834 No
Guile, D.P.M. [B1] Nigeria K002170747 No
s.coll. [2720] Brazil K002170916 Yes
s.coll. [3] South Africa K002170815 No
Drummond, J.R. [10] K002170829 No
Drummond, J.R. [10] K002170827 No
Nur [s.n.] Singapore K002170738 No
K000524780 Unknown Type Material Yes
Weber, A. [s.n.] Italy K002170822 No
Nai [s.n.] Thailand K001730561 No
André, É. [2796] K002170927 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002170824 No
K000524779 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002170820 No
Sim [3] South Africa K002170816 No
Deighton, F.C. [FCD2477] K002170804 No
Drummond, J.R. [10] K002170828 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002170823 No
White, F. [2463] Zambia K002170931 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [9] K002170832 No
Dawe, M.T. [s.n.] Colombia K002170930 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [s.n.] Colombia K002170928 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002170821 No
Sim [3] South Africa K002170817 No
Camp, W.H. [E-2343] Ecuador K002170924 Yes
Camp, W.H. [E-2343] Ecuador K002170925 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [s.n.] Colombia K002170929 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mexico K000524781 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nur [s.n.] K002170739 No
André, É. [162] Venezuela K002170926 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [9] K002170831 No
Weber, A. [s.n.] Italy K002170819 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002170825 No

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0