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| Authority - Salisb. | Total Number of genera - 6 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 220 |
| Plant forms - Tree | |
| World Distribution - S.W. North Am. & tropical areas, esp. Africa | |
| Comments - Trees, succulent or tuberous plants Some species that were in families Convallariaceae, Dracaenaceae, Nolinaceae are now placed in Rusacaceae. Dracaenaceae included Dracaena and Sanseviera. | |
| 1 - Beaucarnea. 2 - Dracaena. 3 - Nolina. |