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 Is., 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 Genera starting with letter E-F: 1-50919.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

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

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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