Agrostocrinum

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in biology, Agrostocrinum (Latin:Agrostocrinum F.Muell.) is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Asphodelaceae. is a genus endemic to south Western Australia. Different authorities place it in different families. It is considered by some to belong to Phormiaceae, but that family is sometimes included in Hemerocallidaceae (or alternatively as Hemerocallidoideae) and that family is optionally included in Xanthorrhoeaceae by APG II. It is also sometimes included in Anthericaceae but that genus is optionally included by APG II in Agavaceae or Asparagaceae. Australian botanists are including it in Phormiaceae. This genus is related to the genus Dianella. Although for a long time thought to have only one species, two species are now recognized. Species are short lived tufted plants that grow from short rhizomes and have tuberous roots as storage organs.

Scientific classification

Alias:: Agrostocrinum

Latin:: Agrostocrinum F.muell.

Domain:: Eukaryota

Kingdom:: Kingdom Plantae

Subkingdom:: Viridiplantae

Phylum:: Angiosperms

Class:: Monocotyledons

Order:: Asparagales

Family:: Asparagaceae

Subfamily:: Hemerocallidoideae

Genus:: Agrostocrinum

Clade:: Spermatophytes

Mode Of Reproduction:: Seeds

Mode Of Reproduction:: Division Propagation

Species

Agrostocrinum hirsutum (Lindl.) Keighery

Agrostocrinum scabrum (R.Br.) Baill.