Dasylirion
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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 are dioecious, with the male and female flowers on separate plants.[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Formerly placed here
- Nolina bigelovii (Torr.) S.Watson (as D. bigelovii Torr.)[9]
References
- "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.
- lectotype designated by A. Rehder, Bibliogr. Cult. Trees Shrubs 645 (1949)
- Zuccarini, Joseph Gerhard. 1838. Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 6(33): 258-259 description in Latin, commentary in German (in Gothic script)
- 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
- 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.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- "Dasylirion". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
- The Plant List
- "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.
- Flora of North America: Dasylirion
- Bogler, D. J. (1995). Systematics of Dasylirion: taxonomy and molecular phylogeny. Bol. Soc. Bot. México 56: 69–76.
External links
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