familyAgavaceae
genusFurcraea
speciesFurcraea foetida

Furcraea foetida

(Linnaeus) Haworth

Syn. Pl. Succ., 73. 1812.

Susan Verhoek
IntroducedIllustrated
Basionym: Agave foetida Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 323. 1753
Synonyms: Furcraea gigantea Ventenat
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 462. Mentioned on page 461.
Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator: Bee F. Gunn

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Leaves lanceolate, to 2.4 m × 20 cm, thick, firm, smooth or striate; margins hard and smooth, usually entire at least in distal half. Flowers 4–5 cm; tepals greenish white, 2.3–3 cm; ovary 1.2–1.5 cm. 2n = 60.


Phenology: Flowering fall–mid winter.
Habitat: Old homesteads in disturbed areas
Elevation: 0 m

Distribution

V26 967-distribution-map.jpg

Introduced; Fla., Central America, West Indies, widely elsewhere

Discussion

Specimens from Florida referred to in the literature as Furcraea cabuya Trelease with entire leaf margins (var. integra Trelease) probably belong here.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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2n chromosome quantity
60 +
Anther dehiscence
longitudinal +
Anther fixation
versatile +
Apex fragility
pliable +
Apex life cycle
mature +
Apex odor or shape
pungent +
Apex pubescence
glandular-pubescent +  and glandular +
Apex texture
firm +
Author
Susan Verhoek +
Authority
(Linnaeus) Haworth +
Basionyms
Agave foetida +
Blade fragility
pliable +
Blade pubescence
glaucous +
Blade shape
elliptic +, ovate +, oblanceolate +, lanceolate +  and linear +
Blade texture
fibrous +, succulent +  and rigid +
Bract architecture or shape
leaflike +
Bract orientation
reflexed +, erect +  and ascending +
Bract shape
scale-like +
Distribution
Fla. +, Central America +, West Indies +  and widely elsewhere +
Elevation
0 m +
Filament pubescence
pubescent +  and glabrous +
Filament relief
papillose +
Filament size
expanded +
Filament texture
succulent +
Filament width
broadened +
Flower architecture
6-merous +
Flower orientation
drooping +
Flower reproduction
unisexual +  and bisexual +
Flower some measurement
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Fruit architecture
capsular +
Fruit dehiscence
indehiscent +
Fruit shape
globose +  and cylindrical +
Fruit some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
Fruit texture
fleshy +  and dry +
Habitat
Old homesteads in disturbed areas +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Bee F. Gunn +
Inflorescence architecture
bracteate +  and umbellate +
Inflorescence arrangement
paniculate +
Inflorescence size
huge +
Inflorescence some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (?) +  and 1,300 cm13,000 mm <br />13 m <br /> (?) +
Introduced
true +
Leaf architecture
pseudopetiolate +, sessile +  and simple +
Leaf duration
long-lived +  and annual +
Leaf fragility
pliable +
Leaf length
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (240 cm2,400 mm <br />2.4 m <br />) +
Leaf position
cauline +
Leaf pubescence
striate +  and smooth +
Leaf quantity
0 (50) +
Leaf shape
lanceolate +
Leaf some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (330 cm3,300 mm <br />3.3 m <br />) +
Leaf texture
firm +
Margin architecture
filiferous +
Margin architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin shape
denticulate +
Margin texture
hard +
Multiannual size
massive +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +  and 3-locular +
Ovary placentation
parietal +
Ovary position
inferior +
Ovary shape
cylindrical +, ovoid +  and 3-angled +
Ovary some measurement
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
Pedicel architecture
not +  and articulate +
Pedicel fusion
distinct +
Pedicel presence
absent +
Perianth texture
semisucculent +
Phenology
Flowering fall–mid winter. +
Point shape
blunt +
Publication title
Syn. Pl. Succ., +
Publication year
1812 +
Reference
None +
Seed coloration
black +
Seed prominence or shape
flat +
Seed quantity
2;many +
Seed shape
globose +, obovoid +, ovoid +, hemispheric +, 3-angled +  and flattened +
Source xml
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Special status
Introduced +  and Illustrated +
Spine height or length or size
short +
Spine length or size
long +
Stamen position
exserted +  and included +
Stem architecture
branched +
Stem location
aboveground +
Stigma quantity
3 +  and 1 +
Stigma shape
3-lobed +
Style position
proximal +  and middle +
Style shape
dilated +
Synonyms
Furcraea gigantea +
Taxon family
Agavaceae +
Taxon name
Furcraea foetida +
Taxon parent
Furcraea +
Taxon rank
species +
Tepal coloration
greenish white +
Tepal fusion
distinct +
Tepal length or size
longer +
Tepal orientation
spreading +
Tepal shape
ovate +  and oblong +
Tepal some measurement
2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Tooth size
large +  and small +
Tooth texture
Corneous (?) +
Trunk presence
absent +
Trunk some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (600 cm6,000 mm <br />6 m <br />) +
Volume
Volume 26 +
Whole organism architecture
scapose +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
plant +
Whole organism habitat
epiphytic +
Whole organism reproduction
polygamodioecious +, dioecious +, monoecious +, polycarpic +  and monocarpic +
Whole organism size
small;gigantic +
Whorl quantity
2 +
Whorl shape
petal-like +
X chromosome quantity
30 +