Furcraea tuberosa (Miller) Aiton

 

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First Description


Hortus Kewensis [Ed. 2] 2: 303, 1811




Synonyms


Agave angustifolia Hort. Par. ex Steudel (1840)
    (Nomenclator Botanicus, ed. 2. 1: 36, 1840)




Agave campanulata Sessé & Moçiño (1894)
    (Flora Mexicana, ed. 2: 87, 1894)




Agave commelynii Salm-Dyck (1834)
    (Hortus Dyckensis 8: 301, 1834)




Furcraea commelynii (Salm-Dyck) Kunth (1850)
    (Enumeratio Plantarum [Kunth] 5: 842, 1850)




Agave cubensis Hasskarl (1856)
    (nom. illeg., Art. 53.1)



Agave gigantea Baker (1888)
    (nom. illeg.. Art. 53.1)



Agave gigantea Tussac (1818)



Furcraea gigantea var. willemetiana Roemer (1847)



Furcraea interrupta Hort. van Houtte ex Jacobi (1869)
    (L. H. Bailey: The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 3: 1306, 1915)




Furcraea lipsiensis Jacobi (1869)
    (Nachtraege I in Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss., 1868: 54, 1868)




Agave spinosa (O. Targioni Tozzetti) Steudel (1840)
    (Nomenclator Botanicus, Editio secunda (Steudel) 1: 37, 1840)




Furcraea spinosa O. Targioni Tozzetti (1808)
    (Annali del Museo Imperiale di Fisica e Storia Naturale di Firenze 1: 33-36, 1808)




Yucca superba Roxburgh (1814)
    (Hortus Bengalensis: 25, 1814)




Agave tuberosa Lamarck (1784)
    (nom. illeg. Art. 53.1)



Agave tuberosa Aiton (1789)



Agave tuberosa Miller (1768) (Basionym)
    (Gardeners Dictionary, ed. 8, Agave No. 4, 1768)




Fourcroya tuberosa (Miller) Hooker (1860)
    (Curtis Botanical Magazine 86: t. 5163, 1860)




Furcraea tuberosa Fenzel ex Baker (1879)
    (nom. illeg. Art. 53.1)



Agave tuberosa var. spinis solitariis Aiton (1789)



Agave vivipara Maycock (1830)
    (nom. illeg. Art. 53.1)



Fourcroya vivipara Hort. (1869)




Literature


A. Alvarez de Zayas: El Género Furcraea (Agavaceae) en Cuba, 1996




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Basic Data

Subgenus

Furcraea

Diameter

up to 3m

Inflorescence

5-8m

Flower Color

greenish-white

Flowering Time

December - March

Reproduction

seed, bulbils

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Natural Location

Occurrence

Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico


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