Hesperoyucca
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 Hesperoyucca whipplei
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Hesperoyucca is a small genus of three species of flowering plants in the family Agavaceae, closely related to and recently split from Yucca, but distinct in having dehiscent fruit and a scape more than 2.5 cm diameter with reflexed (not erect) bracts. It is also distinct in DNA analysis. The genus is native to Mexico and the southwestern United States.
- Species
- Hesperoyucca newberryi (syn. H. whipplei subsp. newberryi, Yucca newberryi)
- Hesperoyucca peninsularis
- Hesperoyucca whipplei (syn. Yucca whipplei). Our Lord's Candle or Spanish Bayonet.
