Parsakasvit – Asparagaceae

2500 spp.

The agavoid subfamily consists of woody rosette plants with hard-succulent and serrate- to spiny-margined leaves. Terminal inflorescence unit is a cyme. 3+3 joined petaloid tepals and 6 stamens attached to the tepals. Many of the herbaceous species were formerly placed in Liliaceae (eg. hyacinths)

Pantropical-subtropical

Woody rosette plants with or without trunk, herbs

Leaves spirally arranged, simple and elongated, herbaceous or (in agavoids) hard-succulent with apex and/or margin with spines

Terminal inflorescence unit cymose. Bisexual or dioecious. Flower: 3+3 joined petaloid tepals; 6 stamens attached to the tepals; ovary superior or inferior

A capsule or a berry

Sisal hemp (Agave sisalana), tequila (A. tequilana), ornamentals

This family has Pinkka cards in different sub-pinkkas for different growing forms.