Hesperaloe

Taxobox
name = "Hesperaloe"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Hesperaloe parviflora"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Agavaceae
genus = "Hesperaloe"
genus_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text. "Hesperaloe" is a genus of perennial yucca-like plants classified in the flowering plant family Agavaceae (Agave family). The plants have long, narrow leaves produced in a basal rosette and flowers borne on long panicles or racemes. The species are native to arid parts of Texas and Mexico and are sometimes cultivated as xerophytic ornamental plants.

Species:

*"Hesperaloe campanulata" G. Starr
*"Hesperaloe funifera" (K. Koch) Trel.
*"Hesperaloe nocturna" Gentry
*"Hesperaloe parviflora" (Torr.) J.M. Coult. (Red Yucca)
*"Hesperaloe tenufolia" G. Starr

References

* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=115219 "Hesperaloe"] in [http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1 Flora of North America]