| Yucca thompsoniana | |
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| Yucca thompsoniana in Campania | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Yucca |
| Species: | Y. thompsoniana
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| Binomial name | |
| Yucca thompsoniana
Trel.
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Yucca thompsoniana, the Thompson's yucca, [3] is a plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Texas, Chihuahua and Coahuila. [4] Other names for the plant include Beaked yucca, Soyate and Palmita. [5]
Yucca thompsoniana has a trunk up to 1 m tall, branching above the ground. It flowers before there is any trunk at all, but continues to flower after the stem begins to grow. Leaves are narrow and dagger-like, a bit glaucous, up to 35 cm long and 10 mm wide. Inflorescence is a panicle about 100 cm high. Flowers are white, about 4 cm long and appear in late March through early May. [5] Fruit is a dry, egg-shaped capsule. [4] [6]
The plant was first collected in Chihuahua by John Bigelow in 1852 and was described by William Trelease in 1911. [5]
References
- ^ Clary, K.; Solano, E.; Ayala-Hernández, M.M.; Salywon, A.; Puente, R. (2020). "Yucca thompsoniana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T117428726A117470207. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T117428726A117470207.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Tropicos Yucca thompsoniana
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Yucca thompsoniana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ a b Trelease, Report (Annual) of the Missouri Botanical Garden 22: 101 1911 publ. 1912.
- ^ a b c Morey, Roy (2008). Little Big Bend : Common, Uncommon, and Rare Plants of Big Bend National Park. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. p. 41. ISBN 9780896726130. OCLC 80359503.
- ^ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F.