| 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.
				
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                            | Nomencl. ref.: | 
                            Syn. Pl. Succ.: 78. 1812 | 
                          
						  
                          
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                            Species | 
                          
                          
                            | Status: | 
                            
				
					
                              	
                              	
					ACCEPTED
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		| 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. | 
                          
                          
                          
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                              		Homotypic synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Agave foetida L. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Aloe foetida (L.) Crantz | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                              		Heterotypic synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Agave commelyni Salm-Dyck | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Agave gigantea (Vent.) D. Dietr. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Agave madagascariensis (Haw.) Salm-Dyck | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Fourcroya gigantea (Vent.) Hook. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Funium piliferum Willemet | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Furcraea atroviridis Jacobi & Goeff. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Furcraea barillettii Jacobi | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Furcraea commelyni (Salm-Dyck) Kunth | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Furcraea gigantea Vent. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Furcraea madagascariensis Haw. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Furcraea viridis Hemsl. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Furcraea watsoniana Sander | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Furcraea gigantea var. mediopicta Trel. | 
							
                          
                          
						  
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		| Common names: | 
		
				furcrea (Catalan), piteira-amarela (Portuguese)[Credits] | 
			
	
	
		| Maps: | 
		
				distribution | 
			
	
	
		| Occurrence: | 
		
       			  [Lu] |