Nolina

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Nolina
Nolina bigelovii
Nolina bigelovii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Ruscaceae
Genus: Nolina
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Species

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Nolina is a genus of plants in classified variously in the Nolinaceae, Agavaceae, Ruscaceae, or Asparagaceae, depending upon how those families are circumscribed. It constitutes a group of tropical xerophytic plants, with the principal distribution being in Mexico and extending into the southern United States. Some botanists have included the genus Beaucarnea in Nolina.

Some of its members are cultivated as ornamental plants.

[edit] Species

Nolina longifolia
Nolina longifolia
  • Nolina affinis
  • Nolina altamiranoana
  • Nolina arenicola
  • Nolina atopocarpa
  • Nolina beldingi
  • Nolina bigelovii
  • Nolina brittoniana
  • Nolina caudata
  • Nolina cespitifera
  • Nolina cismontana
  • 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 parviflora
  • Nolina pliabilis
  • Nolina pumila
  • Nolina rigida
  • Nolina stricta
  • Nolina texana
  • Nolina tuberculata
  • Nolina watsonii
  • Nolina wolfii

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