Nolina

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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Nolina | image = Nolina bigelovii.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Nolina bigelovii | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Magnoliophyta | classis = Liliopsida | ordo = Asparagales | familia = Ruscaceae | genus = Nolina | genus_authority = Michx. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }}

Nolina is a genus of plants in classified variously in the Nolinaceae, Agavaceae, Ruscaceae, or Asparagaceae, depending upon how those families are circumscribed. It constitutes a group of tropical xerophytic plants, with the principal distribution being in Mexico and extending into the southern United States. Some botanists have included the genus Beaucarnea in Nolina.

Some of its members are cultivated as ornamental plants.

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