subfamily
Century Plant Subfamily
Agavoideae
Field notes
Agavoideae is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales. It has previously been treated as a separate family, Agavaceae.
The group includes many well-known desert and dry-zone types, such as the agaves and yuccas (including the Joshua tree). About 640 species are placed in around 23 genera; they are widespread in the tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions of the world.
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- Yuccas 26 native
- Century Plants 15 native
- Camas 4 native
- Tuberoses 4 native
- Rushlilies 3 native
- Sunnybell 3 native
- Echeandia 2 native
- Soap Plants 2 native
- Hooveria 2 native
- Eremocrinum 1 native
- Yucca 1 native
- Hesperocallis 1 native
- Leucocrinum 1 native
- Anthericum
- Anemarrhena
- Beschorneria
- Trihesperus
- Paleoagave
- Hesperaloe
- Polianthes
- Grass Lilies
- Echinoagave
- Paraagave
- Hostas
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native century plant subfamily All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Banana Yucca
Yucca baccata
caterpillars
9
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
9
shelter
1
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Common Yucca
Yucca filamentosa
caterpillars
8
food
2
flowers
2
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Aloe Yucca
Yucca aloifolia
caterpillars
8
food
2
flowers
2
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Great Plains Yucca
Yucca glauca
caterpillars
8
food
1
flowers
2
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Weak-leaf Yucca
Yucca flaccida
caterpillars
8
flowers
2
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Narrowleaf Yucca
Yucca angustissima
caterpillars
7
food
2
flowers
2
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Torrey's Yucca
Yucca torreyi
caterpillars
7
food
1
flowers
2
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Navajo Yucca
Yucca baileyi
caterpillars
7
food
1
flowers
2
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Arkansas Yucca
Yucca arkansana
caterpillars
7
flowers
2
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Gulf Coast Yucca
Yucca louisianensis
caterpillars
7
flowers
2
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Chaparral Yucca
Hesperoyucca whipplei
caterpillars
6
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
6
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Parry's Agave
Agave parryi
caterpillars
6
food
7
flowers
10
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Soaptree Yucca
Yucca elata
caterpillars
6
food
4
flowers
2
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Twisted-leaf Yucca
Yucca rupicola
caterpillars
6
flowers
2
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Pale Yucca
Yucca pallida
caterpillars
6
flowers
2