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Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Chase, M.W., Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.J. (2009) A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 132-136
Lock, J.M. (2008) Agavaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1)
Walters, S.M. et al. (eds) (1986) The European Garden Flora. Vol. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, Angiospermae-Monocotyledons (Part I). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Monocarpic or perennial plants. Stems short or 0, sometimes trunk-like. Leaves large, borne in rosettes, often succulent, usually hard, leathery and spine-tipped. Inflorescence a large spike or panicle. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic; perianth segments 6, united for most of their length. Stamens 6. Ovary inferior, 3-locular. Fruit a capsule. Seeds numerous, flattened, black. Comment: - A number of species of this family are naturalized in Zimbabwe. However, the names of most these plants are not always clear. Worldwide: 13 genera and 210 species, tropical and warm zones, especially arid America. Botswana: 1 genus and 1 taxon. |
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