Dasylirion (commonly referred to as sotols or hair-trees) is a genus of North American flowering succulent plants in the asparagus family, all native to Mexico and the American Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas).[3] In the APG III classification system, Dasylirion is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).[4]

Dasylirion
Dasylirion wheeleri
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Nolinoideae
Genus: Dasylirion
Zucc.[1]
Type species
D. graminifolium

Dasylirion are dioecious, with the male and female flowers on separate plants.[5]

Species:[6][7][8][9]
Image Scientific name Distribution
Dasylirion acrotrichum (Schiede) Zucc. Hidalgo, Puebla, Jalisco
Dasylirion berlandieri S. Wats. Nuevo León, Tamaulipas
Dasylirion cedrosanum Trel. Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas
Dasylirion durangense Trel. Durango, Chihuahua, Zacatecas, Coahuila
Dasylirion gentryi Bogler Sonora, Chihuahua
Dasylirion glaucophyllum Hook. Hidalgo
Dasylirion graminifolium (Zucc.) Zucc. Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Zacatecas
Dasylirion leiophyllum Engelm. ex Trel. (syn. D. heteracanthum I.M.Johnst.) Chihuahua, Coahuila; Texas, New Mexico
Dasylirion longissimum Lem. San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo
Dasylirion longistylum J.F.Macbr. San Luis Potosí
Dasylirion lucidum Rose Oaxaca, Puebla
Dasylirion miquihuanense Bogler Nuevo León, Tamaulipas
Dasylirion occidentalis Bogler ex Hochstätter Aguascalientes
Dasylirion palaciosii Rzed. San Luis Potosí
Dasylirion parryanum Trel. San Luis Potosí
Dasylirion quadrangulatum S.Watson Nuevo León, Tamaulipas
Dasylirion sereke Bogler Chihuahua
Dasylirion serratifolium (Karw. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Zucc. Oaxaca
Dasylirion simplex Trel. Durango
Dasylirion texanum Scheele Coahuila & Texas
Dasylirion treleasei (Bogler) Hochstätter Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí
Dasylirion wheeleri S.Watson ex Rothr. Arizona, New Mexico, Texas; Chihuahua, Sonora

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References

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  1. ^ "Genus: Dasylirion Zucc". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010-01-19. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
  2. ^ lectotype designated by A. Rehder, Bibliogr. Cult. Trees Shrubs 645 (1949)
  3. ^ Zuccarini, Joseph Gerhard. 1838. Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 6(33): 258-259 description in Latin, commentary in German (in Gothic script)
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Hernández-Quintero, J.D.; Reyes-Valdés, M.H.; Mendoza-Rodríguez, D.V.; Gómez-Martínez, M.; Rodríguez-Herrera, R. (2015). "Study of the mitotic and meiotic chromosomes of sotol (Dasylirion cedrosanum Trel.)". Phyton. 84: 107–112. doi:10.32604/phyton.2015.84.107.
  6. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  7. ^ "Dasylirion". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
  8. ^ The Plant List
  9. ^ a b "GRIN Species Records of Dasylirion". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
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