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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Yucca

Hierarchical position of the Genus Yucca

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn. pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.       SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Agavales Hutch. pub. Fam. Fl. Pl. 2: 14, 149. 1934.       Familia  Agavaceae Endl. pub. Ench. Bot.: 105. 15-21 Aug 1841. common name: Agaves       Subfamilia  Yuccoideae Kostel. pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 1: 168. Mai 1831.       Tribus  Yucceae Bartl. pub. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 50. Sep 1830.       Genus  Yucca L. pub. (1753) common name: yucca

Named members of the Genus Yucca

1	Species  aloifolia L. common name: aloe yucca
2	Species  angustifolia Pursh syn. Yucca glauca var. glauca
3	Species  angustissima Engelm. ex Trel.
	4    Varietas  angustissima common name: narrowleaf yucca 5    Varietas  avia Reveal syn. Yucca angustissima var. angustissima 6    Varietas  elata Engelm. syn. Yucca elata var. elata 7    Varietas  kanabensis (McKelvey) Reveal common name: Kanab yucca 8    Varietas  mollis Engelm. syn. Yucca arkansana 9    Varietas  toftiae (Welsh) Reveal common name: Toft's yucca
10	Species  arizonica McKelvey syn. Yucca baccata var. brevifolia
11	Species  arkansana Trel.
	12    Varietas  paniculata McKelvey syn. Yucca louisianensis
13	Species  baccata Torr. common name: Eve's date, date fruit
	14    Varietas  baccata common name: banana yucca 15    Varietas  brevifolia (Schott ex Torr.) L. Benson & Darrow common name: Spanish dagger 16    Varietas  macrocarpa Torr. syn. Yucca torreyi 17    Varietas  vespertina McKelvey common name: banana yucca
18	Species  baileyi Woot. & Standl.
	19    Varietas  baileyi common name: Navajo yucca 20    Varietas  intermedia (McKelvey) Reveal common name: intermediate yucca 21    Varietas  navajoa (J.M. Webber) J.M. Webber common name: Navajo yucca
22	Species  brevifolia Engelm. common name: tree yucca, Joshua tree
	23    Varietas  brevifolia common name: Joshua tree 24    Varietas  herbertii (J.M. Webber) Munz syn. Yucca brevifolia var. brevifolia 25    Varietas  jaegeriana McKelvey common name: Jaeger's Joshua tree
26	Species  californica Lemmon syn. Yucca whipplei var. whipplei
27	Species  campestris McKelvey common name: plains yucca
28	Species  carnerosana auct. non (Trel.) McKelvey syn. Yucca faxoniana
29	Species  concava Haw. syn. Yucca filamentosa
30	Species  confinis McKelvey syn. Yucca baccata var. brevifolia
31	Species  constricta Buckl. common name: Buckley's yucca
32	Species  crassifolia Engelm. syn. Yucca torreyi
33	Species  elata (Engelm.) Engelm.
	34    Varietas  elata common name: soaptree yucca 35    Varietas  utahensis (McKelvey) Reveal common name: Utah yucca 36    Varietas  verdiensis (McKelvey) Reveal common name: Verdi yucca
37	Species  elephantipes Regel syn. Yucca guatemalensis
38	Species  faxoniana (Trel.) Sarg. common name: Eve's needle
39	Species  filamentosa L. common name: Adam's needle
	40    Varietas  concava (Haw.) Baker syn. Yucca filamentosa 41    Varietas  smalliana (Fern.) Ahles syn. Yucca filamentosa
42	Species  flaccida Haw. syn. Yucca filamentosa
43	Species  freemanii Shinners syn. Yucca louisianensis
44	Species  gilbertiana (Trel.) Rydb. syn. Yucca harrimaniae var. harrimaniae
45	Species  glauca Nutt. common name: soapweed
	46    Varietas  glauca common name: soapweed yucca 47    Varietas  gurneyi McKelvey common name: Gurney's yucca
48	Species  gloriosa L. common name: moundlily yucca
49	Species  graminifolia Wood syn. Yucca whipplei var. whipplei
50	Species  guatemalensis Baker common name: bluestem yucca
51	Species  harrimaniae Trel.
	52    Varietas  gilbertiana Trel. syn. Yucca harrimaniae var. harrimaniae 53    Varietas  harrimaniae common name: Spanish bayonet 54    Varietas  neomexicana (Woot. & Standl.) Reveal common name: New Mexico Spanish bayonet 55    Varietas  sterilis Neese & Welsh common name: Spanish bayonet
56	Species  intermedia McKelvey
	57    Varietas  ramosa McKelvey syn. Yucca campestris
58	Species  kanabensis McKelvey syn. Yucca angustissima var. kanabensis
59	Species  louisianensis Trel. common name: Gulf Coast yucca
60	Species  macrocarpa (Torr.) Coville syn. Yucca torreyi
61	Species  mohavensis Sarg. syn. Yucca schidigera
62	Species  navajoa J.M. Webber syn. Yucca baileyi var. navajoa
63	Species  necopina Shinners common name: Brazos River yucca
64	Species  neomexicana Woot. & Standl. syn. Yucca harrimaniae var. neomexicana
65	Species  newberryi McKelvey syn. Yucca whipplei var. whipplei
66	Species  nitida C. Wright ex W. Wats. syn. Yucca whipplei var. whipplei
67	Species  pallida McKelvey common name: twistleaf yucca
68	Species  puberula Torr. syn. Yucca schottii
69	Species  recurvifolia Salisb. syn. Yucca filamentosa common name: soft leaf yucca
70	Species  reverchonii Trel. common name: San Angelo yucca
71	Species  rostrata Engelm. ex Trel.
	72    Varietas  linearis Trel. syn. Yucca thompsoniana
73	Species  rupicola Scheele common name: Texas yucca
74	Species  schidigera Roezl ex Ortgies common name: Mojave yucca
75	Species  schottii Engelm. common name: Schott's yucca
76	Species  smalliana Fern. syn. Yucca filamentosa
77	Species  standleyi McKelvey syn. Yucca baileyi var. baileyi
78	Species  tenuistyla Trel. common name: whiterim yucca
79	Species  thompsoniana Trel. common name: Thompson's yucca
80	Species  thornberi McKelvey syn. Yucca baccata var. brevifolia
81	Species  toftiae Welsh syn. Yucca angustissima var. toftiae
82	Species  torreyi Shafer common name: Torrey's yucca
83	Species  tortifolia Lindl. ex Engelm. syn. Yucca rupicola
84	Species  treculeana Carr.
	85    Varietas  canaliculata Trel. syn. Yucca treculeana var. treculeana 86    Varietas  succulenta McKelvey common name: Don Quixote's lace 87    Varietas  treculeana common name: Don Quixote's lace
88	Species  treleasei J.F. Macbr. syn. Yucca baccata var. brevifolia
89	Species  utahensis McKelvey syn. Yucca elata var. utahensis
90	Species  verdiensis McKelvey syn. Yucca elata var. verdiensis
91	Species  vespertina (McKelvey) Welsh syn. Yucca baccata var. vespertina
92	Species  whipplei Torr.
	93    Subspecies  caespitosa (M.E. Jones) Haines syn. Yucca whipplei var. caespitosa 94    Varietas  caespitosa M.E. Jones common name: chaparral yucca 95    Varietas  graminifolia (Wood) Trel. syn. Yucca whipplei var. whipplei 96    Subspecies  intermedia Haines syn. Yucca whipplei var. whipplei 97    Varietas  intermedia (Haines) J.M. Webber syn. Yucca whipplei var. whipplei 98    Subspecies  parishii (M.E. Jones) Haines syn. Yucca whipplei var. whipplei 99    Varietas  parishii M.E. Jones syn. Yucca whipplei var. whipplei 100    Subspecies  percursa Haines syn. Yucca whipplei var. whipplei 101    Varietas  percursa (Haines) J.M. Webber syn. Yucca whipplei var. whipplei 102    Varietas  whipplei common name: chaparral yucca
103	Species  x karlsruhensis Graebn.

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