Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Agave commelyni Salm-Dyck, Agave foetida L., Agave gigantea (Vent.) D. Dietr., Agave madagascariensis (Haw.) Salm-Dyck, Aloe foetida (L.) Crantz, Funium piliferum Willemet, Furcraea atroviridis Jacobi & Goeff., Furcraea barillettii Jacobi, Furcraea commelyni (Salm-Dyck) Kunth, Furcraea foetida Haw., Furcraea gigantea Vent., Furcraea gigantea Seem., Furcraea gigantea var. mediopicta Trel., Furcraea madagascariensis Haw., Furcraea viridis Hemsl., Furcraea watsoniana Sander, Fourcroya gigantea (Vent.) Hook..

References regarding Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Institutiones Rei Herbariae (1766)
· Bulletin de la Société Philomatique de Paris (1793)
· Ann. Bot. (Usteri) (1798)
· Synopsis Plantarum Succulentarum (1812)
· Hort. Dyck. (1834)
· Synopsis Plantarum
· Enum. Pl. (1850)
· The Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. ~Herald~ (1854)
· Botanical Magazine (5163)
· Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss. (1869)
· Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. (1884)
· Stand. Cycl. Hort.
· Acta Botanica Brasilica (1991)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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