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4. Furcraea Vent. in Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris. 1:65. 1793. reimp. in Usteri, Ann. Bot. 19:54.1796; Bailey, Stand. Cyclop. Hort. 3:1305.1917.

RUBINA AKHTER and SHAHINA A. GHAZANFAR

A genus of c. 20 species, represented in Pakistan by one cultivated species.

Succulent, rhizomatic perennial. Leaves large, lanceolate or broadly so. concave to almost flat; margin usually toothed or spiny. Inflorescence a large panicle of whitish-pale yellow flowers: Perianth segments 6, spreading. Stamens shorter than perianth; filaments thickened at the base.

Lower Taxon

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