Agavoideae

Translingual

Agave americana

Etymology

Agave +‎ -oideae

Proper noun

Agavoideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Asparagaceae – plants of many deserts and other dry zones.

Hypernyms

(subfamily): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Asparagales - order; Asparagaceae - family

Hyponyms

(subfamily): Agave, Anemarrhena, Anthericum, Behnia, Beschorneria, Camassia, Chlorogalum, Chlorophytum, Diamena, Diora, Echeandia, Eremocrinum, Furcraea, Hagenbachia, Hastingsia, Herreria, Herreriopsis, Hesperaloe, Hesperocallis, Hesperoyucca, Hosta, Leucocrinum, Manfreda, Paradisea, Polianthes, Prochnyanthes, Schoenolirion, Yucca (genera)

References

Agavoideae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Agavoideae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Agavoideae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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