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Agavaceae
Agavaceae
Translingual
Proper noun
Agavaceae
- (archaic) A taxonomic family within the order Asparagales – the agaves, yuccas etc; now treated as subfamily Agavoideae within Asparagaceae.
Hyponyms
- (family): Agave, Alania, Anemarrhena, Anthericum, Aphyllanthes, Arnocrinum, Arthropodium, Behnia, Beschorneria, Borya, Bottinaea, Caesia, Chamaescilla, Chlorophytum, Comospermum, Cordyline, Corynotheca, Diamena, Dichopogon, Diora, Echeandia, Eremocrinum, Furcraea, Hagenbachia, Hensmania, Herreria, Herreriopsis, Hesperaloë, Hodgsoniola, Hosta, Johnsonia, Leucocrinum, Leucocrinum, Littaea, Manfreda, Murchisonia, Pasithea, Polianthes, Prochnyanthes, Sowerbaea, Stawellia, Thysanotus, Trichopetalum, Tricoryne, Yucca - genera