Yucca treculiana
Yucca treculiana | |
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1860 illustration[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
Genus: | Yucca |
Species: | Y. treculiana
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Binomial name | |
Yucca treculiana Carrière
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Yucca treculiana Carrière[4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Texas, New Mexico and Coahuila.[5] Common names include Spanish dagger, Spanish bayonet and Don Quixote's lance.
Yucca treculiana is a large, tree-like species up to 10 m (33 feet) tall, often branching above the ground. Leaves are up to 128 cm (50 inches) long. Flowers are cream-colored, sometimes tinged with purple. Fruits are fleshy and succulent, up to 19 cm (7.5 inches) long.[6][7]
In the last three generations, it has experienced a population decline of 30 percent, attributable due to habitat loss.[2]
Some sources list this species as "Yucca spinosa Kunth." However, the type specimen for this name at the herbarium in Berlin appears to be Dasylirion sp., thus rendering the name a "nomen confusum."[8]
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References
[edit]- ^ Yucca treculeana (as Yucca canaliculata) Bot. Mag. 86. t. 5201. 1860.
- ^ a b Hernández Sandoval, L.; Clary, K.; González-Elizondo, M.; Zamudio, S.; Matías-Palafox, M.; Sánchez, E.; Hernández-Martínez, M. (2020). "Yucca treculeana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T117428743A117470212. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T117428743A117470212.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Tropicos Yucca treculeana
- ^ Carrière, Rev. Hort. IV, 7: 580 1858.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Life map
- ^ "Yucca treculeana in Flora of North America @". Efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ^ McKelvey, S. D. 1938–1947. Yuccas of the Southwestern United States. 2 vols. Jamaica Plain.
- ^ Digital specimen images at the Herbarium Berolinense