Dasylirion lucidum

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Dasylirion lucidum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Nolinoideae
Genus: Dasylirion
Species:
D. lucidum
Binomial name
Dasylirion lucidum
Rose [1]

Dasylirion lucidum is a plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Puebla. This is a shrub up to 2 m high, with thin, spiny-margined leaves and a scape up to 3 m tall. [2]

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References

  1. "Dasylirion lucidum Rose - The Plant List". Theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  2. Rose, Contributions of the National Herbarium (U.S.) 10(3):90, 1906.