Yucca gigantea

Yucca gigantea (cultivated, as Y. elephantipes)

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. Yucca
Serie: Y. ser. Yucca
Species: Yucca gigantea

Name

Yucca gigantea Lem., Ill. Hort. 6(Misc.): 91 (1859).

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Yucca elephantipes var. gigantea (Lem.) Molon, Yucche: 78. 1914, nom. illeg.

• Heterotypic
  • Dracaena lennei Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 222. 1880.
  • Dracaena yuccoides Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 222. 1880.
  • Sarcoyucca elephantipes (Regel ex Trel.) Linding., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 50(1): 446. 1933.
  • Yucca eleana W.Watson, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1889: 304. 1889.
  • Yucca elephantipes Regel ex Trel., Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 94. 1902, nom. illeg.
  • Yucca elephantipes var. ghiesbreghtii Molon, Yucche: 78. 1914.
  • Yucca ghiesbreghtii Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 222. 1880, pro syn.
  • Yucca guatemalensis Baker, Refug. Bot. 5: t. 313. 1872.
  • Yucca lenneana Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 538. 1875.
  • Yucca mazelii W.Watson, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1889: 304. 1889.
  • Yucca mooreana Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 222. 1880.
  • Yucca roezlii Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 22. 1880, pro syn.

References

• Lemaire, C. 1859. L'Illustration Horticole. Ghent & Brussels 6 (Misc.): 91.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Yucca gigantea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sept. 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Yucca gigantea. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 1 2020.
• Swedish Museum of Natural History, only in Swedish

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Jukka
العربية: يكة عملاقة
English: Spineless Yucca
español: Palma de Yuca
suomi: Kiiltojukka
français: Yucca géant
magyar: Guatemalai pálmaliliom
русский: Юкка гигантская
svenska: Jättepalmlilja

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