| Source: | World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 
 
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                            | Name: | Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw. | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | Syn. Pl. Succ.: 78. 1812 | 
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | Species | 
                          
                            | Status: | ACCEPTED | 
	
		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta
 Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
 Class - Magnoliopsida
 Superordo - Lilianae
 Ordo - Asparagales
 Familia - Asparagaceae
 Genus - Furcraea Vent.
 
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		| Basionym: | Agave foetida L. | 
                          
                          
                            | Homotypic synonyms: | Agave foetida L. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Aloe foetida (L.) Crantz | 
                          
                          
                            | Heterotypic synonyms: | Agave commelyni Salm-Dyck | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Agave gigantea (Vent.) D. Dietr. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Agave madagascariensis (Haw.) Salm-Dyck | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Fourcroya gigantea (Vent.) Hook. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Funium piliferum Willemet | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Furcraea atroviridis Jacobi & Goeff. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Furcraea barillettii Jacobi | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Furcraea commelyni (Salm-Dyck) Kunth | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Furcraea gigantea Vent. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Furcraea madagascariensis Haw. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Furcraea viridis Hemsl. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Furcraea watsoniana Sander | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Furcraea gigantea var. mediopicta Trel. | 
                          
						  
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		| Common names: | furcrea (Catalan), piteira-amarela (Portuguese)[Credits] | 
	
		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | [Lu] |