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, 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, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-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 published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Greenway, P.J. [6090] Tanzania K002170719 Yes
Schipp, W.A. [1324] Honduras K002170585 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [333] Mexico K002170581 Yes
Palmer, E. [351] Mexico K002170583 Yes
Coulter [1571] Mexico K002170586 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002170717 Yes
{Esteban M. Martínez S.} [20576] Mexico K002170587 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002170592 Yes
Gaumer, G.F.; Sons [23280] Belize K002170720 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002170718 Yes
s.n. [s.n.] K002170637 Yes
s.n. [s.n.] K002170721 Yes
s.n. [s.n.] K002170708 Yes
Nicholson, G. [s.n.] K002170723 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [14938] Mexico K002170582 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002170593 Yes
Drummond [s.n.] K002170530 Yes
K:SPC-18823.000 No
s.coll. [RB 301229] Brazil K002170715 Yes
{Pringle} [561] United Kingdom K002170716 Yes
Lindheimer, F. [709] K002170531 Yes
s.coll. [709] K002170532 Yes
Nee, M.; Taylor, K. [28854] Mexico K002170584 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002170722 Yes
K:SPC-34611.000 No
Balls, E.K.; Gourlay, W.B. [B 4765] Mexico K001093833 Yes
Coville, F.V.; Funston, F. [1983] United States K002170533 Yes
Saunders [1382] K001096517 Type Yes
[Pelense] [s.n.] K002170685 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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