Agavaceae

Of liliid monocot family and Liliales.   May also be referred to as agave family, family Agavaceae and sisal family.

Chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae.

This concept's ID is @1~62519

Liliid Monocot Genus

  • genus Agave 5 facts

    Type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amarylli...

  • Cordyline 2 facts

    Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole...

  • genus Dracaena 1 facts

    Old World tropical plants with branches ending in tufts of sword-shaped leaves; in...

  • Nolina 1 facts

    Perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico.

  • Polianthes 1 facts

    Genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lily-like flowers; Mexico; sometimes placed...

  • genus Sansevieria 1 facts

    Old World tropical herbaceous perennial of the agave family; in some classifications...

  • genus Yucca 1 facts

    Tropical American plants with stiff lancelike leaves and spikes of white blossoms; sometimes...

Also contains

  • agave 8 facts

    Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in...

  • Dracenaceae 0 facts

    One of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the...