| Hesperaloe | |
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| Hesperaloe parviflora | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Hesperaloe Engelm.[1] |
Hesperaloe (false yucca)[2] is a genus offlowering plants in thefamilyAsparagaceae, subfamilyAgavoideae.[1] It containsperennialyucca-like plants with long, narrow leaves produced in a basal rosette and flowers borne on longpanicles orracemes. The species are native to the arid parts ofTexas in theUnited States andMexico and are sometimes cultivated asxerophytic ornamental plants.[3]
The genus name is derived from theGreek word έσπερος (hesperos), meaning "western," andaloe, which the plants resemble.[4] The genus is not closely related toAloe, the later belonging to a different family (Asphodelaceae).
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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_Hesperaloe_campanulata_fh_0642_MEX_Anfang_April_in_Nordmexiko_A.jpg) | Hesperaloe campanulataG.Starr | Nuevo León |
_Hesperaloe_chiangii_fh_0644_MEX_A.jpg) | Hesperaloe chiangii(G.D.Starr) B.L.Turner | San Luis Potosí |
_Hesperaloe_engelmannii_fh_427.30_TX_Mit_langen_Bl%25C3%25BCtenstengeln.jpg) | Hesperaloe engelmanniiKrauskopf ex Baker | Texas |
_Hesperaole_funifera_fh_0640_MEX_AA.jpg) | Hesperaloe funifera(K.Koch) Trel. | Coahuila, Nuevo León, Texas, Sonora, San Luis Potosí |
 | Hesperaloe malacophyllaHochstätter & Mart.-Aval. | Tamaulipas |
 | Hesperaloe nocturnaGentry | Sonora |
_Hesperaloe_parviflora_fh_427.35_TX_Kulturpflanze_selten_gelbbl%25C3%25BChend.jpg) | Hesperaloe parviflora(Torr.) J.M.Coult. – Red Yucca | Coahuila, Texas |
| Hesperaloe tenuifoliaG.Starr | Sonora |
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