Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw. (Syn. Pl. Succ. 78. 1812.) Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (exotic) [Martinique, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (exotic), Hispaniola (exotic)[], ], North America (exotic: FL), Central America (native), South America (native), Old World (exotic), Common Names: Henequén de haití (Cuba), Pite (Haiti), Pite espagnole (Haiti), Plantain (Dominican Republic), Synonyms: Furcraea gigantea Vent. (Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 65. 1793.), Citations:1). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 2). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 3). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 4). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 5). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 6). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 7). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Website: apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do 8). Wunderlin, R.P., and B.F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Website: www.plantatlas.usf.edu. Last edited 22 Jul 08 |