Dasylirion | |
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Dasylirion wheeleri | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
Genus: | Dasylirion Zucc.[1] |
Type species | |
D. graminifolium |
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]
Dasylirion are dioecious, with the male and female flowers on separate plants.[5]
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 |