Yucca

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Yucca

Yucca species in flower

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Liliopsida
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Agavaceae
Genus:	Yucca

Species

many, see text

The yuccas comprise the genus Yucca of 40-50 species of perennials, shrubs, and trees in the agave family Agavaceae, notable for their rosettes of tough, sword-shaped leaves and large clusters of white or whitish flowers. They are native to the hot and dry parts of North America, Central America, and the West Indies, and have been spread more widely as decorative plants for gardens.

Many yuccas bear edible parts, including fruits, seeds, flowers, flowering stems, and more rarely roots, but use of these is sufficiently limited that references to yucca as food more often than not stem from confusion with the similarly spelled but botanically unrelated yuca.

Contents

1 Species and common names

2 Additional species

3 See also

4 References

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Species and common names

Yucca aloifolia, Aloe yucca
Yucca angustissima, Narrow-leaved yucca
Yucca angustifolia, Plain's yucca
Yucca arkansana, Arkansas yucca
Yucca baccata, Banana yucca also known as Blue Yucca and Datil
Yucca baileyi, Alpine yucca
Yucca brevifolia, Joshua tree (Engelmann)
Yucca confinis, Yucca of the Boundary
Yucca constricta, Buckley's yucca
Yucca decipiens, Palma China yucca
Yucca elata, Soaptree yucca
Yucca elephantipes, Spineless yucca
Yucca endlichiana, Pitilla
Yucca faxoniana, Faxon yucca
Yucca filamentosa, Known as , Spoonleaf yucca and filament yucca
Yucca filifera, Palma Chuna yucca
Yucca flaccida, Flaccid leaf yucca
Yucca glauca, Great Plains yucca
Yucca gloriosa, Moundlily yucca also known as the Adam's needle
Yucca grandiflora, Sahuiliqui yucca
Yucca harrimaniae, Harriman's yucca
Yucca jaliscensis, Izote

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Yucca aloifolia

Yucca kanabensis, Kanab yucca
Yucca lacandonica, Tropical yucca
Yucca madrensis, Soco yucca
Yucca nana, Dwarf yucca
Yucca pallida, Pale yucca
Yucca periculosa, Izote
Yucca recurvifolia, Curve-leaf yucca
Yucca rigida, Blue yucca
Yucca rostrata, Big Bend yucca
Yucca rupicola, also known as the Texas yucca, Twist-leaf yucca
Yucca schidigera, Mojave yucca
Yucca schottii, also known as Hoary yucca,Mountain yucca
Yucca torreyi, Torrey yucca
Yucca treculiana, also known as Texas bayonette, Trecul's yucca
Yucca valida, Datilillo
Yucca whipplei, also known as the Quixote yucca, Our Lord's Candle
Yucca yucatana, Yucatan yucca

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Additional species

New Mexico false yucca, Yucca funifera, also named the Giant Hesperaloe and listed as Hesperaloe funifera
Yucca intermedia
Yucca standleyi
Yucca thornberi

The Great Plains yucca (Yucca glauca) is the state flower of New Mexico.

Because of their omnipresence in the southwestern United States, yuccas have lent their name to several places:

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References

Mary & Gary Irish, Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants: a Gardener's Guide (Timber Press, 2000) ISBN 0-88192-442-3
Common names of yucca species (http://www.yuccaagavaceae.com/species.html)

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Yucca filamentosa

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Yucca gloriosa

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Yucca pallida

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