Nolina is a
genusIn biology, a genus is a taxonomic unit used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The term comes from Latin genus "descent, family, type, gender" , cognate with – genos, "race, stock, kin" ..In addition, genus is a taxonomic rank in the hierarchy In biology, a genus (plural:...
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plantPlants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. They include familiar organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The scientific study of plants, known as botany, has identified about 350,000 extant species of plants, defined as seed plants,...
s in classified variously in the Nolinaceae,
AgavaceaeAgavaceae is a family of plants that includes many well-known desert and dry zone types such as the agave, yucca, and Joshua tree. The family includes about 550-600 species in around 18 genera, and is widespread in the tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of the world.The...
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RuscaceaeRuscaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Asparagales that includes several genera previously included in the Liliaceae, for example in the Cronquist system...
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AsparagaceaeAsparagaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by quite a few taxonomists, but hardly universally: often the plants involved are treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae....
. It consists of tropical xerophytic plants, with the principal distribution being in
MexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and extending into the southern
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Some botanists have included the genus
BeaucarneaBeaucarnea is a genus of four species of flowering plant in the family Ruscaceae, native to Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. The genus has been included in Nolina by some botanists and has previously been variously classified in Nolinaceae or Agavaceae....
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Nolina is a
genusIn biology, a genus is a taxonomic unit used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The term comes from Latin genus "descent, family, type, gender" , cognate with – genos, "race, stock, kin" ..In addition, genus is a taxonomic rank in the hierarchy In biology, a genus (plural:...
of
plantPlants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. They include familiar organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The scientific study of plants, known as botany, has identified about 350,000 extant species of plants, defined as seed plants,...
s in classified variously in the Nolinaceae,
AgavaceaeAgavaceae is a family of plants that includes many well-known desert and dry zone types such as the agave, yucca, and Joshua tree. The family includes about 550-600 species in around 18 genera, and is widespread in the tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of the world.The...
,
RuscaceaeRuscaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Asparagales that includes several genera previously included in the Liliaceae, for example in the Cronquist system...
, or
AsparagaceaeAsparagaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by quite a few taxonomists, but hardly universally: often the plants involved are treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae....
. It consists of tropical xerophytic plants, with the principal distribution being in
MexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and extending into the southern
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Some botanists have included the genus
BeaucarneaBeaucarnea is a genus of four species of flowering plant in the family Ruscaceae, native to Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. The genus has been included in Nolina by some botanists and has previously been variously classified in Nolinaceae or Agavaceae....
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Nolina.
Some of its members are cultivated as
ornamental plantOrnamental plants are typically grown in the flower garden or as house plants. Most commonly they are grown for the display of their flowers. Other common ornamental features include leaves, scent, fruit, stem and bark. In some cases, unusual features may be considered ornamental, such as the...
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Species
- Nolina affinis
- Nolina altamiranoana
- Nolina arenicola
- Nolina atopocarpa
- Nolina beldingi
- Nolina bigelovii
Nolina bigelovii, also called Beargrass is a flowering plant in the family Ruscaceae, native to western Arizona, southeastern California, and regions of the Lower Colorado River Valley, the border between the two states....
- Nolina brittoniana
- Nolina caudata
- Nolina cespitifera
- Nolina cismontana
Nolina cismontana or chaparral beargrass is known from only four counties in California: Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Diego County and Ventura County. Currently it is listed by the California Native Plant Society as 1B.2, and its California status is listed as S1.1...
- Nolina durangensis
- Nolina elegans
- Nolina erumpens
- Nolina georgiana
- Nolina hartwegiana
- Nolina histrix
- Nolina hookeri
- Nolina humilis
- Nolina interrata
- Nolina javanica
- Nolina juncea
- Nolina lindheimeriana
- Nolina loderi
- Nolina longifolia
- Nolina matapensis
- Nolina micrantha
- Nolina microcarpa
- Nolina nelsonii
- Nolina palmeri
- Nolina parryi
Nolina parryi is a flowering plant in the family Ruscaceae, endemic to Joshua Tree National Park and the Kingston Range in the Mojave Desert in California...
- Nolina parviflora
- Nolina pliabilis
- Nolina pumila
- Nolina rigida
- Nolina sibirica (Image 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- Nolina stricta
- Nolina texana
- Nolina tuberculata
- Nolina watsonii
- Nolina wolfii
External links
Nolina in Flora of North America
photos on www.AIAPS.org