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Nolinoideae is a monocot subfamily of 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 ...
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of 2009. It used to be treated as a separate family, Ruscaceae
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Nolina ''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 ...
''. The subfamily includes genera that had been placed in a range of different families, including Ruscaceae
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, Nolinaceae, Dracaenaceae, Convallariaceae and Eriospermaceae. Like many groups of lilioid monocots, the genera included here were once included in a wide interpretation of the family Liliaceae.


Genera

A possibly incomplete list of the genera included in the Nolinoideae is given below. The reference is to the source which places the genus in this subfamily. The genera included here have varied widely in their limits and assignment to families and subfamilies; some former family placements other than Nolinoideae (which will be found in the literature) are given below.


References


External links


Convallariaceae
in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards).
The families of flowering plants
descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.'' Version: 3 May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
Liliaceae in ''Flora of North America''

NCBI Taxonomy Browser

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http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Nolinaceae links] at CSDL, Texas {{Taxonbar, from=Q161408 Nolinoideae, Asparagales subfamilies