Yucca aloifolia
| Spanish-bayonet | |
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| Yucca aloifolia, cultivated, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (photo by Miwasatoshi) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Yucca |
| Species: | Y. aloifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Yucca aloifolia L. | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Yucca aloifolia[3] is the type species for the genus Yucca. Common names include "Spanish bayonet," "dagger plant," etc. It grows in sandy soils, especially on sand dunes along the coast.
Yucca aloifolia is native to the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the US and Mexico from North Carolina to the Yucatán, and also to Bermuda. It can sometimes be found inland in sandy pine forests. It is also naturalized in Bahamas, Argentina, Uruguay, Italy, Pakistan, South Africa, Queensland, New South Wales, Mauritania, and most of the West Indies.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Yucca aloifolia is an erect species sometimes attaining a height of 6 m (18 feet). Flowers are white and showy, sometimes tinged purplish, so that the plant is popular as an ornamental. Fruits are elongated, fleshy, up to 5 cm long.[4][10][11][12][13][14]
References
- ↑ Tropicos
- ↑ The Plant List
- ↑ Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 319. 1753.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Flora of North America v 26, p 429. 2006.
- ↑ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
- ↑ ORSTOM. 1988. List of Vascular Plants of Gabon with Synonymy, Herbier National du Gabon, Yaounde
- ↑ Nanwal, H, M Hameed, T Nawaz, MSA Ahmad, A Younis. 2012. Structural adaptations for adaptability in some exotic and naturalized species of Agavaceae. Pakistani Journal of Botany 44 (special issue):129.134.
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Yucca aloifolia
- ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Jucca
- ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.
- ↑ Whalen, E.E. 1902. Killarney Gardening Newsletter 14(May):19-23
- ↑ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
- ↑ Radford, A. E., H. E. Ahles & C. R. Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas i–lxi, 1–1183. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
- ↑ Long, R. W. & O. K. Lakela. 1971. Flora of Tropical Florida: A Manual of the Seed Plants and Ferns of Southern Peninsular Florida i–xvii, 1–962. University of Miami Press, Coral Cables
External links
- Plants for a Future
- Floridata, Tallahassee Florida USA
- University of Florida IFAS Extension
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas
- Dave's Garden
- US Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
- How to Kill a Yucca Aloifolia by Melissa Lewis, Demand Media, SFGate, San Francisco California USA
- Plants of Upper Newport Bay (Newport Beach California USA), University of California at Irvine Natural History Society, Yucca aloifolia Liliaceae
- Royal Horticultural Society, London UK
- Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants, Keys to Liberty
- Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants, Institute for Systematic Biology, University of South Florida
- Horticulture Unlimited, Tucson Arizona USA, Spanish Bayonet
- Agraria, Piate de Vaso, Yucca, Tronchetto della felicità
Yucca aloifolia at the San Francisco Botanical Garden, taken June 2005 by User:Stan Shebs