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Dasylirion
Genus of flowering plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dasylirion (commonly referred to as sotols or hair-trees) is a genus of North American flowering succulent plants in the asparagus family, all native to Mexico and the American Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas).[3] In the APG III classification system, Dasylirion is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).[4]
Quick Facts Dasylirion, Scientific classification ...
Dasylirion | |
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Dasylirion wheeleri | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
Genus: | Dasylirion Zucc.[1] |
Type species | |
D. graminifolium |
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Dasylirion are dioecious, with the male and female flowers on separate plants.[5]
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Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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![]() | Dasylirion acrotrichum (Schiede) Zucc. | Hidalgo, Puebla, Jalisco |
![]() | Dasylirion berlandieri S. Wats. | Nuevo León, Tamaulipas |
![]() | Dasylirion cedrosanum Trel. | Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas |
![]() | Dasylirion durangense Trel. | Durango, Chihuahua, Zacatecas, Coahuila |
![]() | Dasylirion gentryi Bogler | Sonora, Chihuahua |
![]() | Dasylirion glaucophyllum Hook. | Hidalgo |
![]() | Dasylirion graminifolium (Zucc.) Zucc. | Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Zacatecas |
![]() | Dasylirion leiophyllum Engelm. ex Trel. (syn. D. heteracanthum I.M.Johnst.) | Chihuahua, Coahuila; Texas, New Mexico |
![]() | Dasylirion longissimum Lem. | San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo |
![]() | Dasylirion longistylum J.F.Macbr. | San Luis Potosí |
![]() | Dasylirion lucidum Rose | Oaxaca, Puebla |
![]() | Dasylirion miquihuanense Bogler | Nuevo León, Tamaulipas |
![]() | Dasylirion occidentalis Bogler ex Hochstätter | Aguascalientes |
Dasylirion palaciosii Rzed. | San Luis Potosí | |
![]() | Dasylirion parryanum Trel. | San Luis Potosí |
![]() | Dasylirion quadrangulatum S.Watson | Nuevo León, Tamaulipas |
Dasylirion sereke Bogler | Chihuahua | |
![]() | Dasylirion serratifolium (Karw. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Zucc. | Oaxaca |
Dasylirion simplex Trel. | Durango | |
Dasylirion texanum Scheele | Coahuila & Texas | |
Dasylirion treleasei (Bogler) Hochstätter | Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí | |
![]() | Dasylirion wheeleri S.Watson ex Rothr. | Arizona, New Mexico, Texas; Chihuahua, Sonora |
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