Furcraea

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Agavoideae
Genus: Furcraea
Species: F. acaulis – F. andina – F. antillana – F. boliviensis – F. cabuya – F. depauperata – F. foetida – F. guatemalensis – F. guerrerensis – F. hexapetala – F. longaeva – F. macdougalii – F. martinezii – F. niquivilensis – F. occidentalis – F. parmentieri – F. pubescens – F. quicheensis – F. samalana – F. selloa – F. stratiotes – F. stricta – F. tuberosa – F. undulata
Name

Furcraea Vent., Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 65. (1793)
Type species: Furcraea hexapetala (Jacq.) Urb., Symb. Antill. 4: 152 (1903)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Fourcroya Spreng., Anleit. Kenntn. Gew., ed. 2, 2(1): 238. 1817, orth. var.
Funium Willemet, Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 26. (1798)
Roezlia Laurentius, Bonplandia (Hannover) 9: 274. (1861)

References

Ventenat, É.P., 1793: Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique, 1: 65.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2012. Furcraea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 Dec. 30. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2012. Furcraea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 Dec. 30.
International Plant Names Index. 2012. Furcraea. Published online. Accessed: 30. Dec. 2012.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Furcraea. .

Furcraea is a genus of succulent plants belonging to the family Asparagaceae,[4] native to tropical regions of Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and northern South America. Some species are also naturalized in parts of Africa, the United States (Florida), Portugal, Thailand, India, and Australia, as well as on various oceanic islands.[3][5][6] They are xerophytic monocots.

Plants of this genus are the origin of fique or cabuyo, a natural fiber.
Species [3]

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Furcraea acaulis (Kunth) B.Ullrich	Venezuela
	Furcraea andina Trel. in L.H.Bailey	Peru, Ecuador
	Furcraea antillana A.Álvarez	Cuba, Hispaniola
	Furcraea boliviensis Ravenna	Bolivia
	Furcraea cabuya Trel.	tropical Mexico, Central America, Venezuela
	Furcraea depauperata Jacobi	Mexico but apparently extinct
	Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw. (Mauritius Hemp)	southern Caribbean; widely cultivated and naturalized elsewhere
	Furcraea guatemalensis Trel.	southern Mexico, Central America
	Furcraea guerrerensis Matuda	Guerrero
	Furcraea hexapetala (Jacq.) Urb., (Cuban Hemp)	southern Mexico, West Indies, Venezuela, Ecuador, Galápagos
	Furcraea longaeva Karw. & Zucc.	Puebla, Oaxaca
	Furcraea macdougalii Matuda	Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas
	Furcraea martinezii García-Mend. & L.de la Rosa	Guerrero
	Furcraea niquivilensis Matuda ex García-Mend	Chiapas
	Furcraea occidentalis Trel.	Peru
	Furcraea parmentieri (Roezl) García-Mend.	southern Mexico
	Furcraea quicheensis Trel.	Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras
	Furcraea samalana Trel.	Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador
	Furcraea selloa K.Koch (Wild Sisal)	Colombia, Ecuador; naturalized in Tamaulipas, Florida, Andaman Islands, India, Queensland
	Furcraea stratiotes Petersen	Nicaragua
	Furcraea stricta Jacobi	Trinidad, Colombia, Brazil
	Furcraea tuberosa (Mill.) Aiton (Female Karata)	West Indies; naturalized in South Africa
	Furcraea undulata Jacobi	tropical Mexico, El Salvador