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Agavaceae
English: Agaves.
Botany: plant dies after blooming.
Genera: Agave, Beschorneria, Camassia, Chlorogalum, Clistoyucca, Furcraea, Hesperaloë, Hesperoyucca, Littaea, Manfreda, Polianthes, Prochnyanthes, Pseudobravoa, Samuela, Yucca.
Taxonomy
Agavaceae is a subfamily of Asparagaceae in the Apg3 classification.
In the Plant theory it is treated as a separate family and placed in Subphase 5.
Genera
Agavoideae: 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.
Aphyllanthoideae: Aphyllanthes.
Asparagoideae: Asparagus; Hemiphylacus.
Brodiaeoideae: Androstephium; Bessera; Bloomeria; Brodiaea; Dandya; Dichelostemma; Milla; Muilla; Petronymphe; Triteleia; Triteleiopsis; Acanthocarpus.
Lomandroideae: Arthropodium; Chamaescilla; Chamaexeros; Cordyline; Dichopogon; Eustrephus; Laxmannia; Lomandra; Murchisonia; Romnalda; Sowerbaea; Thysanotus; Trichopetalum; Xerolirion.
Nolinoideae: Aspidistra; Beaucarnea; Calibanus; Campylandra; Comospermum; Convallaria; Danae; Dasylirion; Disporopsis; Dracaena; Eriospermum; Heteropolygonatum; Liriope; Maianthemum; Nolina; Ophiopogon; Peliosanthes; Pleomele; Polygonatum; Reineckea; Rohdea; Ruscus; Sansevieria; Semele; Speirantha; Theropogon; Tupistra.
Scilloideae: Albuca; Alrawia; Barnardia; Bellevalia; Bowiea; Brimeura; Chionodoxa; Chionoscilla; Daubenya; Dipcadi; Drimia; Drimiopsis; Eucomis; Galtonia; Hyacinthella; Hyacinthoides; Hyacinthus; Lachenalia; Ledebouria; Leopoldia; Massonia; Merwilla; Muscari; Ornithogalum; Oziroe; Prospero; Pseudogaltonia; Pseudoprospero; Puschkinia; Schizobasis; Schizocarphus; Scilla; Spetaea; Veltheimia.