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Dasylirion micropterum Villarreal, A.E.Estrada & Encina

Asparagaceae

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About the genus · Dasylirion

Dasylirion is a genus of succulent, rosette-forming plants in the Asparagaceae family, where it is included in the subfamily Convallarioideae. Most species are native to mountainous arid regions of Mexico, with some species also native to the Southwestern United States. The common name sotol is used in English and Spanish to describe various Dasylirion species, as well as giving its name to a distilled spirit made from some species of the genus.

Text from Wikipedia, “Dasylirion”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written.

Family
Asparagaceae
Described by
Villarreal, A.E.Estrada & Encina
Native to
Mexico Northeast
Wild records
1 in range· 1 open

Cultivation

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species, and the archetype table has no figure for its genus or family.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: Only 1 distinct land cell of the climate grid holds an in-range record; three are needed for an envelope.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Openly licensed records inside the range, framed on where they fall.
NativeMexico Northeast
Kew's description“desert or dry shrubland”· quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedThe map marker rests on all 1 georeferenced record inside the native range, all openly licensed and shown on the map. Under a dozen records: treat the map as indicative. No climate envelope is derived for this species.

Papers naming this species

Works whose title or abstract names Dasylirion micropterum, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.

Dasylirion micropterum (Asparagaceae), a new species from Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico
José ́Ángel Villarreal-Quintanilla, Eduardo Estrada‐Castillón, M. Humberto Reyes‐Valdés, Juan Antonio Encina-Domínguez (2016) · Phytotaxa
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GBIF.org User (2026) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Other Dasylirion 22 in the reference

Dasylirion acrotrichum Great Desert Spoon Dasylirion berlandieri Berlandier's Sotol Dasylirion cedrosanum Asparagaceae Dasylirion durangense Durango Sotol Dasylirion gentryi Asparagaceae Dasylirion glaucophyllum Asparagaceae Dasylirion graminifolium Asparagaceae Dasylirion leiophyllum Smooth Sotol Dasylirion longissimum Mexican Grass Tree Dasylirion longistylum Asparagaceae Dasylirion lucidum Asparagaceae Dasylirion miquihuanense Miquihuana Sotol all 23 ›

History & registers

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