''Nolina'' is a
genus of tropical
xerophytic flowering plants, with the principal distribution being in
Mexico and extending into the southern
United States.
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plants.
Some botanists have included the genus '' Beaucarnea'' in ''Nolina''. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae, known as the asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. The family name is based on the edible garden asparagus, ''Asparagus officinalis''. Those who live in the temperate c ...
, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).
Species
Accepted species:Nolina brittoniana
''Nolina brittoniana'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the asparagus family known by the common name Britton's beargrass. It is endemic to Florida, where there are 72 known populations, only a few of which are large enough to be consid ...
'' Nash – Britton's beargrass - Florida
# '' Nolina cespitifera'' Trel. - Coahuila, Zacatecas, Nuevo León
# '' Nolina cismontana'' Dice
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– Peninsular beargrass - southern California
# '' Nolina durangensis'' Trel. - Chihuahua, Durango
# '' Nolina erumpens'' (Torr.) S.Watson – Foothill beargrass - Chihuahua, western Texas
#'' Nolina excelsa'' García-Mend. & E.Solano - Oaxaca
# '' Nolina georgiana'' Michx. – Georgia beargrass - Georgia, South Carolina
# '' Nolina greenei'' S.Watson ex Trel. – Woodland beargrass - New Mexico, southern Colorado, northwestern Texas, panhandle of Oklahoma
# '' Nolina hibernica'' Hochstaetter & D.Donati - Tamaulipas, Nuevo León
# '' Nolina humilis'' S.Watson - Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí
# ''Nolina interrata
''Nolina interrata'' is a rare species of flowering plant known by the common names Dehesa nolina and Dehesa beargrass. It is known from about ten occurrences in central San Diego County, California, and fewer than 100 individual plants on land a ...
'' Gentry – Dehesa beargrass - San Diego County, northern Baja California
# ''Nolina juncea
''Nolina'' is a genus of tropical xerophytic flowering plants, with the principal distribution being in Mexico and extending into the southern United States. They are large, dioecious plants.
Some botanists have included the genus ''Beaucarne ...
'' (Zucc.) J.F.Macbr. - northern Mexico
# ''Nolina lindheimeriana
''Nolina'' is a genus of tropical xerophytic flowering plants, with the principal distribution being in Mexico and extending into the southern United States. They are large, dioecious plants.
Some botanists have included the genus ''Beauc ...
'' (Scheele) S.Watson – Devil's shoestring, Lindheimer nolina - central Texas
# ''Nolina matapensis
''Nolina'' is a genus of tropical xerophytic flowering plants, with the principal distribution being in Mexico and extending into the southern United States. They are large, dioecious plants.
Some botanists have included the genus ''Beauc ...
'' Wiggins - Sonora, Chihuahua
# ''Nolina micrantha
''Nolina'' is a genus of tropical xerophytic flowering plants, with the principal distribution being in Mexico and extending into the southern United States. They are large, dioecious plants.
Some botanists have included the genus ''Beauc ...
'' I.M.Johnst. – Chaparral beargrass - Coahuila, Chihuahua, western Texas, southern New Mexico
# ''Nolina microcarpa
''Nolina microcarpa'' is a species of flowering plant in the asparagus family known by the common names sacahuista and palmilla. Like other species of ''Nolina'', it may be called beargrass. It is native to northern Mexico and the southwestern U ...
'' S.Watson – Palmilla Sacahuista - Chihuahua, Sonora, Arizona, New Mexico, southwestern Utah
# '' Nolina nelsonii'' Rose - Tamaulipas
# ''Nolina palmeri
''Nolina'' is a genus of tropical xerophytic flowering plants, with the principal distribution being in Mexico and extending into the southern United States. They are large, dioecious plants.
Some botanists have included the genus ''Beaucarnea ...
'' S.Watson - Baja California
# ''Nolina parryi
''Nolina parryi'' (Parry's beargrass, Parry nolina, or giant nolina) is a flowering plant that is native to Baja California, southern California and Arizona.
Description
It can exceed in height, its inflorescence reaching . The trunk is up ...
'' S.Watson – Parry's beargrass - Arizona, southern California, Baja California, Sonora
# '' Nolina parviflora'' (Kunth) Hemsl. - central and southern Mexico
# ''Nolina pumila
''Nolina'' is a genus of tropical xerophytic flowering plants, with the principal distribution being in Mexico and extending into the southern United States. They are large, dioecious plants.
Some botanists have included the genus ''Beauc ...
'' Rose - northern and central Mexico
# ''Nolina rigida
''Nolina'' is a genus of tropical xerophytic flowering plants, with the principal distribution being in Mexico and extending into the southern United States. They are large, dioecious plants.
Some botanists have included the genus ''Beaucarne ...
'' Trel. - Mexico; apparently extinct
# '' Nolina texana'' S.Watson – Texas sacahuista - Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Chihuahua, Coahuila
Formerly placed here
*'' Beaucarnea gracilis'' Lem. (as ''N. gracilis'' (Lem.) Cif. & Giacom.)
*'' Beaucarnea guatemalensis'' Rose (as ''N. guatemalensis'' (Rose) Cif. & Giacom.)
*'' Beaucarnea recurvata'' Lem. (as ''N. recurvata'' (Lem.) Hemsl.)
References
External links
*
''Nolina''
in Flora of North America
*
photos on www.AIAPS.org
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Asparagaceae genera
Dioecious plants