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|accepted_name=Hesperaloe
|accepted_authority=Engelmann
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in S. Watson, Botany (Fortieth Parallel),
|place=497. 1871
|year=1871
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Agavaceae;Hesperaloe
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Agavaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hesperaloe]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek hesperos, western, and aloe, a kind of plant
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 413, 414, 424
|treatment_page=page 441
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, cespitose, acaulescent, semisucculent, primarily short- to long-rhizomatous. <b>Leaves</b> in basal rosettes; blade linear, thick and striate-ridged abaxially, margins with threadlike, detaching filaments, apex frayed or with hard spine. <b>Inflorescences</b> paniculate [racemose], loose, 3–8-branched. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual; perianth narrowly tubular to broadly campanulate; tepals 6; stamens 6, inserted on receptacle or at tepal bases, included; filaments glabrous; anthers sagittate, with septal nectaries; receptacle fleshy; ovary superior; style slender, barely exceeding tepals. <b>Fruits</b> capsular, ovoid, dehiscence septicidal. <b>Seeds</b> many, black, flattened. <b>x</b> = 30.</span><!--

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|distribution=Arid regions of Tex. and Mexico (Coahuila;Nuevo León;San Luis Potosí;Sonora).
|discussion=<p>Species 5 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Hesperaloe parviflora</i>, and to a much lesser extent <i>H. funifera</i>, are cultivated in the semiarid and arid Southwest. The original distribution of <i>H. parviflora</i> is likely much obscured because of a long history of roadside and ornamental plantings throughout the area.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=engard1980a
|text=Engard, R. G. 1980. Hesperaloe: Potential for arid lands. In: Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada. 1970. Yucca. Saltillo. Pp. 115–123.
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|id=g1995a
|text=Starr. G. 1995. Hesperaloe: Aloes of the West. Desert Pl. 11(4): 3–8.
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|id=starr1997a
|text=Starr, G. 1997. A revision of the genus Hesperaloe (Agavaceae). Madroño 44: 282–296.
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==Key==
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|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Flowers green, tinged with purple, broadly campanulate; leaf blade yellowish green, 1–2 m × 2–5 cm.
|[[Hesperaloe funifera|Hesperaloe funifera]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Flowers rosy red to salmon, narrowly tubular; leaf blade dark green, 1–1.25 m × 2.5 cm.
|[[Hesperaloe parviflora|Hesperaloe parviflora]]
|}
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name=Hesperaloe
|author=R. Laurie Robbins
|authority=Engelmann
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Agavaceae
|distribution=Arid regions of Tex. and Mexico (Coahuila;Nuevo León;San Luis Potosí;Sonora).
|reference=engard1980a;g1995a;starr1997a
|publication title=in S. Watson, Botany (Fortieth Parallel),
|publication year=1871
|special status=
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|genus=Hesperaloe
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