Asparagaceae
Dasylirion

Dasylirion texanum Scheele

First published in Linnaea 23: 140 (1850)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & S. Central Texas to NE. Mexico. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Mexico Northeast, Texas

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Albano, P.-O. (2003). La Conaissance des Plantes Exotiques: 1-324. Édisud, Aix-en-Provence.
  • Bogler, D.J. (1995). Systematics of Dasylirion: Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny. Boletin de la Sociedad Botanica de México 56: 69-76.
  • 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.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter D: 1-30141.
  • Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Lindheimer, F. [549] United States K003735245 Yes
{Lindheimer} [1213] United States K003735249 Yes
{Lindheimer} [1212] United States K003735250 Yes
Lindheimer [1211] United States K003735251 Yes
Davies, H. [57608] Zimbabwe K003735303 Yes
Wright, C. [694] United States K003735248 Yes
Lindheimer, F.J. [548] United States K001057037 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lindheimer, F.J. [548] United States K001057036 Unknown Type Material Yes
Holloway [232] United States K003735302 Yes
Wright, C. [694] United States K003735246 Yes
Lindheimer, F.J. [549] United States K001057038 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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