Asparagaceae
Dasylirion

Dasylirion quadrangulatum S.Watson

First published in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 250 (1879)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (S. Nuevo León, SW. Tamaulipas). It is a shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Mexico Northeast

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter D: 1-30141.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Albano, P.-O. (2003). La Conaissance des Plantes Exotiques: 1-324. Édisud, Aix-en-Provence. [Cited as Dasylirion longissimum.]
  • Bogler, D.J. (1995). Systematics of Dasylirion: Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny. Boletin de la Sociedad Botanica de México 56: 69-76. [Cited as Dasylirion longissimum.]
  • Eggli, U. (ed.) (2001). Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons: 1-354. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. [Cited as Dasylirion longissimum.]
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1996). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(6): 1-116. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F. [Cited as Dasylirion longissimum.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0