Asparagaceae

Yucca L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 319 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is N. & Central America, Bermuda.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, Belize, Bermuda, California, Colorado, Costa Rica, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Panamá, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Introduced into:

Albania, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Free State, Galápagos, Germany, Great Britain, Haiti, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kentucky, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Marianas, Massachusetts, Mauritius, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New York, Norfolk Is., Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Romania, Réunion, Sardegna, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uruguay, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families database update import Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images