| Furcraea | |
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| Furcraea foetida in Hawaii | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Furcraea Vent.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Furcraea cubensis (Jacq.) Vent.[2] | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Furcraea is agenus ofsucculent plants belonging to thefamilyAsparagaceae,[4] native to tropical regions of Mexico, theCaribbean, 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] Plants of this genus are the origin offique orcabuyo, a natural fiber.[citation needed]
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| Image | Scientific name[3] | Distribution |
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| Furcraea abisaiiGir.-Cañas | ||
| Furcraea acaulis(Kunth) B.Ullrich | Venezuela | |
 | Furcraea andinaTrel. | Peru, Ecuador |
| Furcraea antillanaA.Álvarez | Cuba, Hispaniola | |
| Furcraea boliviensisRavenna | Bolivia | |
 | Furcraea cabuyaTrel. | tropical Mexico, Central America, Venezuela |
| Furcraea depauperataJacobi | Mexico but apparently extinct | |
| Furcraea flavoviridisHook. | ||
.jpg) | Furcraea foetida(L.) Haw. (Mauritius Hemp) | southern Caribbean; widely cultivated and naturalized elsewhere |
| Furcraea guatemalensisTrel. | southern Mexico, Central America | |
| Furcraea guerrerensisMatuda | Guerrero | |
 | Furcraea hexapetala(Jacq.) Urb. (Cuban Hemp) | southern Mexico, West Indies, Venezuela, Ecuador, Galápagos |
 | Furcraea longaevaKarw. & Zucc. | Puebla, Oaxaca |
.jpg) | Furcraea macdougalliiMatuda | Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas |
| Furcraea martineziiGarcía-Mend. & L.de la Rosa | Guerrero | |
| Furcraea niquivilensisMatuda ex García-Mend. | Chiapas | |
| Furcraea occidentalisTrel. | Peru | |
 | Furcraea parmentieri(Roezl) García-Mend. | southern Mexico |
| Furcraea pubescensTod. | ||
| Furcraea quicheensisTrel. | Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras | |
| Furcraea samalanaTrel. | Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador | |
.jpg) | Furcraea selloaK.Koch (Wild Sisal) | Colombia, Ecuador; naturalized in Tamaulipas, Florida, Andaman Islands, India, Queensland |
| Furcraea stratiotesPetersen | Nicaragua | |
| Furcraea strictaJacobi | Trinidad, Colombia, Brazil | |
 | Furcraea tuberosa(Mill.) W.T.Aiton (Female Karata) | West Indies; naturalized in South Africa |
| Furcraea undulataJacobi | tropical Mexico, El Salvador |
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