Dasylirion durangense

Dasylirion durangense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Nolinoideae
Genus: Dasylirion
Species:
D. durangense
Binomial name
Dasylirion durangense
Trel.
Synonyms[1]
  • Dasylirion wheeleri var. durangense Laferr.

Dasylirion durangense, common name "sotol," is a perennial plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Durango, Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico. It is closely related to D. wheeleri S. Wats. and considered a variety of that species by some authors.[2] The plant has a large basal rosette of long stiff leaves over 1 m in length, bearing sharp, curved spines along the margins. The flowering stalk can be up to 3 m tall, bearing small wind-pollinated flowers.[3]

Some publications misspell the epithet as "duranguense" or "duranguensis." "Durangense" is correct.

  1. ^ Tropicos Dasylirion durangense
  2. ^ Laferrière, Joseph E. 1991. Dasylirion wheeleri var. durangense: a new combination in the Nolinaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 78(2):516-520.
  3. ^ Trel., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 50: 438. 1911.