Agavaceae occurs as family of plants that includes many easily-known desert and dry zone types such as a agave, yucca, and Joshua tree. A personal includes astir 550-600 mintage within around Eighteen genera, & wrecks havoc in the tropical, semitropical & warmly moderate regions of the globe.

A taxonomy of this personal is presently under debate. Occasionally genera (e.g. Cordyline and Dracaena) are sometimes separated bump off into the separate personal, Dracaenaceae, though recent research has tended to incorporate these into the big personal Ruscaceae. On the other hand, information from either molecular systematics now suggest that Agavaceae should become broadened to include the total of genera antecedently classified elsewhere, among the babies Chlorogalum, Camassia and the personal Anthericaceae with anything up to Xxii extra genera. A Angiosperm Phylogeny Group's APG II classification nullifies both these proposals by placing Agavaceae, along using the total of more families (including Ruscaceae) around an expanded personal Asparagaceae. Nevertheless, APG II allows a option of keeping a select few one families, including Agavaceae, separate, though therearound example it recommends expanding a personal to include a genera presently classified in Anemarrhenaceae, Anthericaeae (with Anthericum & Paradisea), Behniaceae and Herreriaceae.

Coinage can be succulent or not. Generally, Agavaceae leaves occur when rosettes at the prevent of a woody stem, which might range from either pleasantly short to tree-arboreous heights, when in the Joshua tree. a leaves come parallel-veined, & normally pop up hanker & pointed, typically sustaining a hardened spine on the prevent, & another time by having extra spines along the margins.

Century plant metal money come utilized to produce pulque and mescal, while others come valued for their fibers. It is quite popular for xeriscaping, many types getting showy flowers.

Genera
Agave
Anemarrhena
Anthericum
Behnia
Beschorneria
Bravoa
Camassia
Chlorogalum
Chlorophytum
Clistoyucca
Furcraea
Herreria
Hesperaloë
Hesperocallis
Hosta
Littaea
Manfreda
Polianthes
Prochnyanthes
Pseudobravoa
Samuela
Yucca