Furcraea foetida
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Family Asparagaceae
Taxonomy: Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Agave foetida L. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Furcraea gigantea Vent. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2023 (8), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2024 (8), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 29 records in 7 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): green (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 1350 mm (1200-1500 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_width (numerical): 115 mm (70-160 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnyyynnnnnnn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2.12 m (0.5-6 m) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 6 | 8 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| NHNSW_2024 | 6 | 8 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 5 | 5 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |