Hesperaloe

Hesperaloe (false yucca)^[2] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae.^[1] It contains perennial yucca-like plants with long, narrow leaves produced in a basal rosette and flowers borne on long panicles or racemes. The species are native to the arid parts of Texas in the United States and Mexico and are sometimes cultivated as xerophytic ornamental plants.^[3]

The genus name is derived from the Greek word έσπερ��ς (hesperos), meaning "western," and aloe, which the plants resemble.^[4]

Species[]

Accepted species:^[5]^[6]

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	G.Starr	Nuevo León
	(G.D.Starr) B.L.Turner	San Luis Potosí
	Krauskopf ex Baker	Texas
	Hesperaloe funifera (K.Koch) Trel.	Coahuila, Nuevo León, Texas, Sonora, San Luis Potosí
	Hochstätter & Mart.-Aval.	Tamaulipas
	Gentry	Sonora
	Hesperaloe parviflora (Torr.) J.M.Coult. – Red Yucca	Coahuila, Texas
	G.Starr	Sonora

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Genus: Hesperaloe Engelm". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
^ "Hesperaloe". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
^ Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 441, Hesperaloe Engelmann, Botany (Fortieth Parallel). 497. 1871.
^ Robbins, R. Laurie. "Hesperaloe Engelmann, Botany (Fortieth Parallel). 497. 1871". Flora of North America. eFloras.org. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
^ "GRIN Species Records of Hesperaloe". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
^ "Hesperaloe". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-08-11.

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