Genus: Dasylirion
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales
> Family: Asparagaceae
Seventeen species, native to Mexico and
southwestern USA. Four
species of Dasylirion are
cultivated in southern Africa. Previously in the Ruscaceae, a family that is
no longer recognised in modern classifications.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
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Dasylirion acrotrichum (Great desert spoon)
Native to Mexico. |
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Dasylirion glaucophyllum Native to
Mexico. |
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Dasylirion serratifolium Native to
Mexico. |
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Dasylirion texanum (Texan sotol)
Native to southern USA. |
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Text by Hamish Robertson |
