The genera name after P. C. Nolin, a French agriculturalist and horticultural author. The genera name The species is named after the British borne Charles Christopher Parry, 1823–1890, working as surgeon and botanist in the southern U.S.A. *) Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Nolinaceae is now part of the Asparagaceae. Male flowers by Gerald and Buff Corsi, Calscape.org. Flowering female plant by James M. Andre, Clphotos.berkeley.edu.

