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Century plant subfamily
Agavoideae
Agavoideae is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales. It has previously been treated as a separate family, Agavaceae. The group includes many well-known desert and dry zone types such as the agave, yucca, and Joshua tree. There are about 640 species in around 23 genera, widespread in the tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of the world.
36 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Yuccas
genusYucca
century plants
genusAgave
hostas
genusHosta
camas
genusCamassia
Grass Lilies
genusChlorophytum
Hesperoyucca
genusHesperoyucca
soap plants
genusChlorogalum
Hesperaloe
genusHesperaloe
Furcraea
genusFurcraea
Anthericum
genusAnthericum
Hesperocallis
genusHesperocallis
Leucocrinum
genusLeucocrinum
Tuberoses
genusManfreda
Echeandia
genusEcheandia
Hooveria
genusHooveria
Paradisea
genusParadisea
Echinoagave
genusEchinoagave
rushlilies
genusHastingsia
Sunnybell
genusSchoenolirion
Polianthes
genusPolianthes
Beschorneria
genusBeschorneria
Paleoagave
genusPaleoagave
Behnia
genusBehnia
Prochnyanthes
genusProchnyanthes
Trihesperus
genusTrihesperus
Herreria
genusHerreria
Eremocrinum
genusEremocrinum
Anemarrhena
genusAnemarrhena
× Mangave
genushybrid× Mangave
Herreriopsis
genusHerreriopsis
Hagenbachia
genusHagenbachia
Paraagave
genusParaagave
Clara
genusClara
Diuranthera
genusDiuranthera
Diora
genusDiora
Diamena
genusDiamena
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 194780.