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Internal ID UUID6440265b79c7e003730886
Scientific name Furcraea tuberosa
Authority (Mill.) W.T.Aiton
First published in Hortus Kew. 2: 303 (1811)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Yucca superba Roxb. Hort. Bengal. : 25 (1814)
Agave angustifolia Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 34 (1840)
Agave campanulata Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 87 (1894)
Agave spinosa (O.Targ.Tozz.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 37 (1840)
Agave tuberosa Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 4 (1768)
Furcraea geminispina Jacobi Vers. Syst. Ord. Agav. : 282 (1871)
Furcraea interrupta Trel. Stand. Cycl. Hort. 3: 1306 (1915)
Furcraea lipsiensis Jacobi Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss. 1869: 169 (1869)
Furcraea spinosa O.Targ.Tozz. Ann. Mus. Imp. Fis. Firenze 1: 16 (1808)
Fourcroya tuberosa (Mill.) Hook. Bot. Mag. 86: t. 5163. 1860 (1860)
Furcraea vivipara auct. Gard. Chron. 1869: 587 (1869)

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  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000768299
USDA Plants FUTU
Tropicos 1200397
INPN 629755
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:64457-1
The Plant List kew-307088
Open Tree Of Life 7581890
IPNI 64457-1
iNaturalist 586080
GBIF 2769836
EPPO FURTU
EOL 1088619
USDA GRIN 70925
Wikipedia Furcraea_tuberosa

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