Yucca filamentosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Agavoideae
Genus: Yucca
Sectio: Y. sect. Chaenocarpa
Serie: Yucca ser. Filamentosae
Species: Yucca filamentosa

Name

Yucca filamentosa L., 1753.

Synonyms

Homotypic

Yucca filamentosa f. genuina Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 51. 1873, nom. inval.

Heterotypic

Yucca filamentosa var. bracteata Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 52 (1873).
Yucca filamentosa var. elmensis Sprenger, Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 132 (1906).
Yucca filamentosa var. laevigata Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 52 (1873).
Yucca filamentosa var. maxima Baker in W.W.Saunders, Refug. Bot. 5: t. 325 (1873).
Yucca filamentosa var. media Carrière, Rev. Hort. 1860: 213 (1860).
Yucca filamentosa var. mexicana S.Schauer, Linnaea 19: 703 (1847).
Yucca filamentosa var. nobilis Sprenger, Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 132 (1906).
Yucca filamentosa var. patens Carrière, Rev. Hort. 1860: 216 (1860).
Yucca filamentosa var. recurvifolia Alph.Wood, Class-book Bot.: 709 (1861).
Yucca filamentosa var. variegata Carrière, Rev. Hort. 1860: 215 (1860).
Yucca glauca Nois. ex Sims, Bot. Mag. 53: t. 2662. 1826, nom illeg. non Nutt. (1813).

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 319.
Govaerts, R. & al. 2006. World Checklist of selected plant families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens. 2010 Jan 07[1]
Swedish Museum of Natural History, only in Swedish

Vernacular names

English: spoonleaf yucca, filament yucca, Adam's needle
suomi: Hapsijukka
magyar: Foszlóslevelű pálmaliliom
한국어: 실유카
русский: Юкка нитчатая, Юкка садовая
svenska: Fiberpalmlilja

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