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Yucca

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Yucca

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Plants perennial, acaulescent or caulescent, sometimes subscapose, sometimes arborescent, usually branching extensively, from woody, subterranean or aboveground caudices, or single stems.

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Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. In rosettes on caudices or at branch ends. Blades linear-lanceolate, expanded basally, usually rigid, occasionally fleshy. Apex mostly sharp-pointed. Margins entire or denticulate, often filiferous and separating into elongated fibers. Sessile. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Inflorescences erect or rarely pendent, paniculate or racemose, sometimes paniculate proximally and racemose distally, bracteate, occasionally pubescent; bracts ascending, erect, or rarely reflexed; peduncle sometimes scapelike, sometimes extending beyond leaves, sometimes pubescent. Flowers bisexual (perfect); perianth campanulate or globose, usually less than 2.5 cm diameter. Tepals 6, similar, in 2 series, petal-like, fleshy, distinct to or connate at base, whitish to cream or tinged slightly with green or purple, occasionally pubescent. Stamens 6; filaments flattened, as wide as anthers, smooth, papillose, or granular, fleshy; anthers dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary superior; pistil obovoid or oblong-cylindrical; usually green, 3-locular or 6-locular with false septa, 6-lobed; style white to dark green, often thick; stigmas usually 3, sometimes 1 and subcapitate, white to pale green, 1–2 mm.

Fruit: Capsules or berries; erect or pendent. Seeds many per locule; usually black; occasionally gray; flattened; round; rarely obovate or ovate.

Ploidy: x = 25; 30

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 319 (1753)

Occurrences

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