''Dasylirion'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of North American plants in the asparagus family, all native to Mexico, with the ranges of three species also extending into the south-western United States. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the

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Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae). ''Dasylirion'' is

dioecious Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproducti ...

, with male and female flowers on separate plants. ;SpeciesThe Plant List
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Formerly placed here

*'' Nolina bigelovii'' (Torr.) S.Watson (as ''D. bigelovii'' Torr.)

References

Flora of North America: ''Dasylirion''
*Bogler, D. J. (1995). Systematics of Dasylirion: taxonomy and molecular phylogeny. ''Bol. Soc. Bot. México'' 56: 69–76.

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Asparagaceae genera Taxa named by Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini Dioecious plants {{Asparagaceae-stub