Genus of North American plants in the family Agavaceae; contain a hepatotoxin, probably steroidal saponins, causing hepatogenous photosensitization. Includes N. microcarpa, N. texana (sacahuiste, bear grass).
Nolina
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perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico
Synonym: genus Nolina
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Ruscaceae |
| Genus: | Nolina Michx. |
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Nolina is a genus of plants in classified variously in the Nolinaceae, Agavaceae, Ruscaceae, or Asparagaceae. It consists 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.
Species
- 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 sibirica (Image 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- Nolina stricta
- Nolina texana
- Nolina tuberculata
- Nolina watsonii
- Nolina wolfii
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- (English) Nolina in Flora of North America
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