Furcraea

Furcraea is a genus of succulent plants belonging to the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae, native to tropical regions of Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and northern South America. Some species are also naturalized in parts of Africa, Florida, Portugal, Thailand, India, and Australia, as well as on various oceanic islands.

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• How to plant furcraea gigantea
• Beautiful plant furcraea foetida mediopicta
• References

Plants of this genus are the origin of fique or cabuyo, a natural fiber.

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