''Nolina'' is a

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of tropical xerophytic

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s, with the principal distribution being in

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

and extending into the southern

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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 reproductio ...

plants. Some botanists have included the genus ''

Beaucarnea ''Beaucarnea'' is a genus of flowering plants native to Mexico and Central America. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae). ''Beaucarnea'' is sometime ...

'' in ''Nolina''. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the

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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 Nolinoideae is a monocot subfamily of the family Asparagaceae in the APG III system of 2009. It used to be treated as a separate family, Ruscaceae s.l. The family name is derived from the generic name of the type genus, ''Nolina''. The subfam ...

). Former alternative placements include Nolinaceae and Agavaceae. The genus is named for 18th century French arboriculturist Abbé C. P. Nolin. Members of the genus are known as beargrasses, some of which are cultivated as

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Species

Accepted species: # ''

Nolina arenicola ''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 ...

'' Correll – Trans-Pecos beargrass - western Texas # ''

Nolina atopocarpa ''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 '' Beaucarn ...

'' Bartlett – Florida beargrass - Florida # ''

Nolina azureogladiata ''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 '' Beaucarn ...

'' D.Donati - Oaxaca # '' Nolina beldingi'' Brandegee - Baja California Sur # ''

Nolina bigelovii ''Nolina bigelovii'' (Bigelow's nolina or beargrass) is a flowering plant native to the Southwestern United States, California, and northwest Mexico. It grows in the driest desert areas and at elevations up to . Distribution In Arizona, Nevada ...

'' (Torr.) S.Watson – Bigelow's nolina - Sonora, Arizona, southern Nevada, southern California # '' Nolina brittoniana'' Nash – Britton's beargrass - Florida # ''

Nolina cespitifera ''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 '' Beaucarn ...

'' Trel. - Coahuila, Zacatecas, Nuevo León # ''

Nolina cismontana ''Nolina cismontana'', the chaparral beargrass, chaparral nolina, California beargrass, Peninsular beargrass, or peninsular nolina, is a rare species of flowering plant of the Peninsular and Transverse Ranges in California. It is endemic to (know ...

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– Peninsular beargrass - southern California # ''

Nolina durangensis ''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 '' Beaucarn ...

'' Trel. - Chihuahua, Durango # ''

Nolina erumpens ''Nolina erumpens'', the foothill beargrass, mesa sacahuista, or sand beargrass, is a member of the subfamily Nolinaceae of family Asparagaceae, native to New Mexico, Texas and adjacent regions of north Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), ...

'' (Torr.) S.Watson – Foothill beargrass - Chihuahua, western Texas #''

Nolina excelsa ''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 '' Beaucarn ...

'' García-Mend. & E.Solano - Oaxaca # ''

Nolina georgiana ''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 ...

'' Michx. – Georgia beargrass - Georgia, South Carolina # ''

Nolina greenei ''Nolina greenei'', woodland beargrass, is a plant species native to the United States. It is widespread in New Mexico and also reported from Colorado ( Las Animas County), Texas (Deaf Smith Erastus "Deaf" Smith (April 19, 1787 – November ...

'' S.Watson ex Trel. – Woodland beargrass - New Mexico, southern Colorado, northwestern Texas, panhandle of Oklahoma # ''

Nolina hibernica ''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 '' Beaucarn ...

'' Hochstaetter & D.Donati - Tamaulipas, Nuevo León # ''

Nolina humilis ''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 - 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'' (Zucc.) J.F.Macbr. - northern Mexico # '' Nolina lindheimeriana'' (Scheele) S.Watson – Devil's shoestring, Lindheimer nolina - central Texas # '' Nolina matapensis'' Wiggins - Sonora, Chihuahua # '' Nolina micrantha'' I.M.Johnst. – Chaparral beargrass - Coahuila, Chihuahua, western Texas, southern New Mexico # '' Nolina microcarpa'' S.Watson – Palmilla Sacahuista - Chihuahua, Sonora, Arizona, New Mexico, southwestern Utah # '' Nolina nelsonii''

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- Tamaulipas # '' Nolina palmeri'' S.Watson - Baja California # '' Nolina parryi'' S.Watson – Parry's beargrass - Arizona, southern California, Baja California, Sonora # '' Nolina parviflora'' (Kunth) Hemsl. - central and southern Mexico # '' Nolina pumila'' Rose - northern and central Mexico # '' Nolina rigida'' Trel. - Mexico; apparently extinct # ''

Nolina texana ''Nolina texana'', the Texas sacahuiste or Texas beargrass, is a plant in the Asparagaceae, asparagus family that resembles a large clump of grass. It grows in the south central United States and Northern Mexico. They are sometimes grown as a gar ...

'' 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 ''Beaucarnea recurvata'', the elephant's foot or ponytail palm, is a species of plant in the family Asparagaceae. The species was native to numerous states of eastern Mexico but is now confined to the state of Veracruz. Despite its common name, i ...

'' Lem. (as ''N. recurvata'' (Lem.) Hemsl.)

References

External links

*
''Nolina''
in Flora of North America *
photos on www.AIAPS.org
{{Taxonbar, from=Q139062 Asparagaceae genera Dioecious plants