Nova genera et species plantarum quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt Bonpland et Humboldt. Paris 1816 Band 1, S. 289 (online).
William Trelease: Observations on Furcraea. In: Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg. Supplement 3, 1910, S. 907, Tafel 38 (online).