Taxon: Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw.

• the 3 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• giant cabuya   (Source: Websters Dict [as F. gigantea]) – English
  
• green-aloe   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• Mauritius-hemp   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• aloès vert   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• chanvre de Maurice   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Mauritiushanf   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• cáñamo de Mauritania   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• pita floja   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• pita gigante   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• mauritiushampa   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Materials: fiber   (fide Pl Book; Trees Bolivia, as F. gigantea)
  

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Guadeloupe; Martinique
  Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Bolivia

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Boggan, J. et al. 1992. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas.
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. [mentions].
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Webster's third new international dictionary. [= F. gigantea].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Furcraea foetida.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Furcraea foetida.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Furcraea foetida.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Agave foetida L. (basionym)
  
• (=) Furcraea gigantea Vent.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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