Report on the Naturalized Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw. (Asparagaceae) in Java, Indonesia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.55981/floribunda.2026.16962Keywords:
Asparagales, Furcraea, Malesia, Monocot, OrnamentalAbstract
Furcraea is a member of Asparagaceae native to the New World. Two species were introduced long time ago to Java for ornamental purposes, namely F. foetida (L.) Haw. and F. tuberosa (Mill.) W.T.Aiton. According to previous studies, both species have been recorded only from cultivation. However, field observations revealed that F. foetida has become naturalized in Sumedang, West Java. This paper presents the first report on spontaneously occuring F. foetida in Java.
Downloads
References
Amrulloh MFF & Widodo 2022. Keanekaragaman Tumbuhan Angiospermae di Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta. Journal of Biology Science and Education 10(2): 18–29.
APG IV 2016. An Update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 181 (1): 1–20.
Backer CA & Bakhuizen van den Brink RC 1968. Flora of Java. Vol. III. N.V.P. Noordhoff. Groningen.
Baker JG 1888. Furcraea. Handbook of the Amaryllideae. Bell. London.
Barbosa C, de Sá Dechoum M & Castellani TT 2017. Population structure and growth of a non-native invasive clonal plant on coastal dunes in Southern Brazil. Neotropical Biology and Conservation 12(3): 214–223.
Bogler DJ, Pires JC & Francisco Ortega J 2006. Phylogeny of Agavaceae based on ndhF, rbcL, and ITS sequences: implications of molecular data for classification. Aliso 22(1): 313–328.
Bridson D & Forman L 1998. The Herbarium Handbook. Royal Botanic Gardens. Kew.
Chase MW, Reveal JL & Fay MF 2009. A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 132–136.
Crouch NR & Smith GF 2011. Furcraea foetida: an invading alien in South Africa. Bothalia 41(1): 196–199.
Drummond JR 1907. The literature of Furcraea with a synopsis of the known species. Missouri Botanical Garden Annual Report 18: 25–75.
Forster PI 1986. Agavaceae. 3. Furcraea. In: George AS [Ed.]. Flora of Australia. Iridaceae to Dioscoreaceae, vol. 46. Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra. Pp: 77–78.
Macdonald, IAW, Thebaud C, Strahm, WA & Strasberg D 1991. Effects of alien plant invasions on native vegetation remnants on La Reunion (Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean). Environmental Conservation 18: 51–61
POWO 2026. Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; https://powo.science.kew.org/ Retrieved 19 August 2026.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2017. Guide to Collecting Herbarium Specimens in The Field. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Inverleith Row, Edinburgh.
Verloove F, Thiede J, Rodríguez ÁM, Salas-Pascual M, Reyes-Betancort JA, Ojeda-Land E & Smith GF 2019. A synopsis of feral Agave and Furcraea (Agavaceae, Asparagaceae s. lat.) in the Canary Islands (Spain). Plant Ecology and Evolution 152(3): 470–498.
Zulkarnaen RN, Martiansyah I, Damayanti F, Wardani FF, Yudaputra A, Robiansyah I, Hutabarat PWK & Harto 2024. The Biology of Invasive Native Plant as an Ex-situ Collection: A Case Study of Epipremnum pinnatum (L.) Engl. (Araceae) in Bogor Botanical Garden, Indonesia. Jurnal Riset Biologi dan Aplikasinya 6(2): 60–72.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2026 Arifin Surya Dwipa Irsyam
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (SeeThe Effect of Open Access).
