A Chronology of Middle Missouri Plains Village Sites

number 98 • 87
Common Names: Sisal (Cuba), Agave Sisal, Cabuya ceniza extranjera,
Henequén, Pita, Pite, Pite étrangere, Pite heneque, Pite sisal
(Dominican Republic), Sisal (Jamaica), Sisal (Puerto Rico).
References: 1, 2, 3, 4, 19, 28, 45, 61, 123, 131, 132, 147, 150, 252,
323.
Agave sobolifera Salm-Dyck = Agave morrisii Baker
Agave tubulata Trel., Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 11: 45. 1913.
Agave ekmanii Trel., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 374. 1926.
Agave tubulata Trel. subsp. brevituba A. Álvarez, Revista Jard. Bot.
Nac. Univ. Habana 5(3): 7. 1984.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 147.
Agave tubulata Trel. subsp. brevituba A. Álvarez = Agave tubulata Trel.
Agave underwoodii Trel., Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 11: 37. 1913.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 147.
Agave unguiculata Trel. = Agave caribaeicola Trel.
Agave vangrolae Trel. = Agave karatto Mill.
Agave ventumversa Trel. = Agave caribaeicola Trel.
Agave vivipara L., Sp. Pl. 323. 1753.
Agave angustifolia Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ. 72. 1812.
Agave lespinassei Trel., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 18: 33. 1909.
Agave zapupe Trel., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 18: 32. 1909.
Distribution: Exotic in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (Guana),
Lesser Antilles (Barbados, St. Martin ), Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao,
and Margarita; native to Mexico, Central America, and South
America (Ecuador).
Common Names: Zapupe vincent (Cuba).
References: 3, 28, 132, 147, 150, 237, 252, 323.
Agave willdingii Tod., Hort. Bot. Panorm. 2: t. 32. 1886.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 147.
Agave zapupe Trel. = Agave vivipara L.
Asparagus aethiopicus L., Mant. Pl. 1: 63. 1770.
Asparagus densiflorus sensu authors, non (Kunth) Jessop.
Asparagus sprengeri Regel., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 11:
302. 1890.
Distribution: Cultivated in Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands (Guana, St. Croix), Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe, St.
Lucia, St. Martin), and Margarita; native to South Africa.
Common Names: Cabellera de la reina, Canastillo (cv. “Sprengeri”),
Espárrago de jardín (cv. “Sprengeri”), Garden asparagus (cv.
“Sprengeri”) (Cuba), Espárrago, Esparraguito, Pluma de cotorra
(Dominican Republic), Sprengeri (Lesser Antilles).
References: 1, 28, 45, 132, 147, 230, 237, 252, 323, 383.
Asparagus densiflorus sensu authors = Asparagus aethiopicus L.
Asparagus falcatus L., Sp. Pl. 313. 1753.
Distribution: Exotic in Lesser Antilles (Martinique); native to Africa
and Asia.
References: 1, 147.
Asparagus officinalis L., Sp. Pl. 313. 1753.
Distribution: Cultivated in Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Lesser
Antilles (Grenada, Guadeloupe, Saba, St. Martin), North America,
Mexico, Central America, and South America; native to Europe.
Common Names: Espárrago (Cuba), Espárrago (Dominican Republic),
Asperge (Haiti), Asparagus, Asperge (Lesser Antilles), Espárrago
(Puerto Rico).
References: 1, 5, 28, 61, 123, 131, 132, 147.
Asparagus plumosus Baker = Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop
Asparagus racemosus Willd., Sp. Pl. 2: 152. 1799.
Asparagus tetragonus Bresler, Gen. Aspar. 15. 1826.
Distribution: Exotic in Jamaica; native to Africa, Asia, Malesia, and
Australia.
References: 2, 147.
Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop, Bothalia 9: 51. 1966; Protasparagus
setaceus (Kunth) Oberm., S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244. 1983.
Asparagus plumosus Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 613. 1875.
Distribution: Cultivated in Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica,
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. Thomas), Lesser Antilles
(Saba), Margarita, North America, Mexico, Central America, and
South America; native to Africa.
Common Names: Asparagus-fern (Bahamas), Espárrago espumoso,
Espárrago plumoso, Pinito de amor, Tuya sensible (Cuba),
Asparagus fern, Céfiro (Dominican Republic), Mousseline (Haiti),
Asparagus, Fern, Mousseline (Lesser Antilles), Abeto, Ala de
pájaro, Helecho plumoso (Puerto Rico).
References: 1, 2, 28, 45, 61, 123, 131, 132, 147, 150, 220, 230, 323.
Asparagus sprengeri Regel = Asparagus aethiopicus L.
Asparagus tetragonus Bresler = Asparagus racemosus Willd.
Convallaria fruticosa L. = Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A. Chev.
Cordyline cylindrica (Bojer) Britton = Sansevieria cylindrica Bojer
Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A. Chev., Cat. Pl. Jard. Bot. Saigon 66. 1919;
Convallaria fruticosa L., Herb. Amb. 16. 1754.
Cordyline terminalis (L.) Kunth, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1820:
30. 1820; Dracaena terminalis L., Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 246. 1767.
Dianella cubensis A. Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11(2):
27. 1850.
Distribution: Exotic in Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
(St. Croix), Margarita, Mexico, Central America, and South
America; native to Papuasia and western Pacific Region.
Common Name: Bayoneta, Ti (Puerto Rico).
References: 2, 5, 28, 61, 131, 147, 230, 323.
Cordyline guineensis (Willd.) Britton = Sansevieria hyacinthoides (L.)
Druce
Cordyline terminalis (L.) Kunth = Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A. Chev.
Dianella cubensis A. Rich. = Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A. Chev.
Dracaena cubensis Vict., Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montreal 43: 11. 1942.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 39, 147.
Note: Considered vulnerable by the Red List of the Vascular Flora of
Cuba (39).
Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1081. 1808.
Distribution: Exotic in Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin
Islands (Guana, St. Croix), Lesser Antilles (Barbados, Grenada,
Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent), Margarita, Mexico, and
Central America; native to Africa.
Common Names: Dracena fragante, False ilang-ilang, Ilang-ilang,
Mártir del Japón (Cuba), Coco macaco, Palmita, Palmito
(Dominican Republic), Dracene, Sanddragon (Lesser Antilles),
Cocomacaco, Dracena, Drecina (Puerto Rico).
References: 28, 61, 123, 131, 132, 147, 230, 323.
Dracaena terminalis L. = Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A. Chev.
Furcraea antillana A. Álvarez, Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Auton.
Mexico, Bot. 67(2): 331. 1996.
Distribution: Endemic to Greater Antilles; native to Cuba and
Hispaniola.
References: 23, 147, 384.