Dasylirion

<i>Dasylirion</i>

Dasylirion

Genus of flowering plants

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]

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Dasylirion are dioecious, with the male and female flowers on separate plants.[5]

Species:[6][7][8][9]
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References

  1. [1]
    "Genus: Dasylirion Zucc". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010-01-19. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
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    lectotype designated by A. Rehder, Bibliogr. Cult. Trees Shrubs 645 (1949)
  3. [3]
    Zuccarini, Joseph Gerhard. 1838. Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 6(33): 258-259 description in Latin, commentary in German (in Gothic script)
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    Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x
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    Hernández-Quintero, J.D.; Reyes-Valdés, M.H.; Mendoza-Rodríguez, D.V.; Gómez-Martínez, M.; Rodríguez-Herrera, R. (2015). "Study of the mitotic and meiotic chromosomes of sotol (Dasylirion cedrosanum Trel.)". Phyton. 84: 107–112. doi:10.32604/phyton.2015.84.107.
  6. [6]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  7. [7]
    "Dasylirion". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
  8. [8]
    The Plant List
  9. [9]
    "GRIN Species Records of Dasylirion". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2010-09-19.

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