AGAVACEAE

Baksh-Comeau, Yasmin S., Maharaj, Shobha S., Adams, Dennis, Harris, Stephen A., Filer, Denis L. & Hawthorne, William D., 2016, An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical ‘ hotspots’, Phytotaxa 250 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.250.1.1
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scientific name	AGAVACEAE
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AGAVACEAE

Agave americana L., Sp. Pl. 323 (1753) Exotic.

Agave evadens Trel., Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. View in CoL 11: 20 (1913) Common name: American Aloe, Century Plant. Habit : Herb. Habitat: Littoral, deciduous seasonal forest. IUCN: VU. Star: BK. Vouchers (selected): TRINIDAD: Chacachacare, Philcox 7984 (K). Global range: Venezuela.

CHECKLIST TO VASCULAR PLANTS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Agave sisalana Perrine ex Engelm., Trop. Pl. 8, 9, 16, 47, 60, 86 (1838) Common Name: Cockrisha, Lang Bef, Mother-in-Law’s Tongue. Exotic.

Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A. Chev., Cat. Pl. Jard. Bot. Saigon 66 (1919) Common Name: Bound, Boundary, Boundary Mark, Bounday Bush, Dragon’s Blood, Ravenda, Rayo. Exotic.

Furcraea agavephylla Brot. ex Schult, Syst. Veg. (ed. 15) 7: 731 (1829) Exotic.

Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ. 73 (1812) Exotic.

Furcraea hexapetala (Jacq.) Urban, Symb. Antill. 4: 152 (1903) Syn: Agave cubensis Jacq. ; Agave hexapetala Jacq. ; Furcraea cubensis (Jacq.) Vent. Common Name : Lang Bef. Habit: Herb. Habitat: Coastal hills; perhaps naturalized. IUCN: LC. Star: GN. Vouchers (selected): TOBAGO: Scarborough, Eggers 5706 (K). TRINIDAD:Woodbrook, Broadway 9407 (K). Global range: Ecuador, Peru.

Polianthes tuberosa L., Sp. Pl. 316 (1753) Exotic.

Yucca aloifolia L., Sp. Pl. 319 (1753) Exotic.