| Beargrass | |
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| Nolina bigelovii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
| Genus: | Nolina Michx.[1] |
| Synonyms[2] | |
| Roulinia Brongn. | |
Nolina is a genus of tropical xerophytic flowering plants, with the principal distribution being in Mexico and extending into the southern United States.[2][3][4][5][6]
Some botanists have included the genus Beaucarnea in Nolina. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).[7] Former alternative placements include Nolinaceae and Agavaceae. The genus is named for 18th century French arboriculturist Abbé C. P. Nolin.[3] Members of the genus are known as beargrasses,[8] some of which are cultivated as ornamental plants.
Species
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Nolina longifolia
- Nolina arenicola Correll – Trans-Pecos beargrass - western Texas
- Nolina atopocarpa Bartlett – Florida beargrass - Florida
- Nolina azureogladiata D.Donati - Oaxaca
- Nolina beldingi Brandegee - Baja California Sur
- Nolina bigelovii (Torr.) S.Watson – Bigelow's nolina - Sonora, Arizona, southern Nevada, southern California
- Nolina brittoniana Nash – Britton's beargrass - Florida
- Nolina cespitifera Trel. - Coahuila, Zacatecas, Nuevo León
- Nolina cismontana Dice – 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 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 Rose - 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 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.)[9]
References
- ^ "Genus: Nolina Michx". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Hess, William J. "Nolina Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 207. 1803". Flora of North America. eFloras.org. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
- ^ Hochstätter, F. (2010). The genus Nolina (Nolinaceae). Piante Grasse 2010(1, Suppl.): 1-48.
- ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
- ^ Trelease, William. 1911. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 50(200)
- ^ Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x
- ^ a b "Nolina". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
- ^ a b "GRIN Species Records of Nolina". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
External links
- (in English) Nolina in Flora of North America
- (in French) photos on www.AIAPS.org