Furcraea andina

Furcraea andina
	Furcraea andina
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily :	Agave family (Agavoideae)
Genre :	Furcraea
Type :	Furcraea andina
Scientific name
	Furcraea andina
	Trel.

Furcraea andina is a species of the genus Furcraea in the subfamily of the agave family (Agavoideae). The specific epithet andina refers to the occurrence of the species in the Andes .

description

The rosettes of Furcraea andina are stemless. The large leaves are elongated lanceolate. On the leaf margins there are protruding and curved marginal teeth, which are usually up to 6 millimeters apart and are almost as long.

The inflorescence has a short stem. He wears conical-egg-shaped bulbils . The fruits are like cubes.

Systematics and distribution

Furcraea andina is common in the Peruvian regions of Ancash , Cusco , Huánuco , Junín , La Libertad and Lima at altitudes of 1500 to 3500 meters. It is also found in Ecuador and western Bolivia.

The first description by William Trelease was published in 1915.

Synonyms are Furcraea deledewantii C.Rivière (1902), Furcraea delewantii C.Rivière (1902, nom. Inval. ICBN -Article 61.1) and Furcraea altissima Hort. ex Trel. (1915, nom. Illeg. ICBN -Article 53.1)

Furcraea andina is classified in the genus in the section Furcraea . The species is not well known.

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literature

Joachim Thiede: Furcraea andina . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 79 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 10.
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Furcraea - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on July 30, 2018.
↑ In: Liberty Hyde Bailey : The standard cyclopedia of horticulture . Volume 3, 1915, p. 1305 ( online ).

Web links

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inflorescence

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 10.

[WCSP-2] Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Furcraea - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on July 30, 2018.

[3] In: Liberty Hyde Bailey : The standard cyclopedia of horticulture . Volume 3, 1915, p. 1305 ( online ).