Calibanus hookeri

Tags: Flowering Plant.

One of only two species in its genus Calibanus hookeri is a member of the Asparagaceae family native to Tamaulipas in Mexico which can easily be mistaken in habitat for a boulder overgrown with grass tufts.

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binomial authority

William Trelease

class

Monocotyledon

division

Flowering plant

family

Asparagaceae

genus

Calibanus

kingdom

Plant

order

Asparagales

synonym

* Beaucarnea hookeri (Lem.) Baker, * Calibanus caespitosus (Scheidw.) Rose, * Dasylirion caespitosum Scheidw., * Dasylirion flexile K.Koch, * Dasylirion hartwegianum Hook. nom. illeg., * Dasylirion hookeri Lem., * Nolina hookeri (Lem.) G.D.Rowley