Yucca torreyi information from NPGS/GRIN

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Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
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Taxon: Yucca torreyi Shafer

Genus: Yucca section: Yucca
Family: Asparagaceae subfamily: Agavoideae. Also placed in: Agavaceae
Nomen number: 316866
Place of publication: Britton & Shafer, N. Amer. trees 157, fig. 117. 1908
Name verified on: 15-Feb-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 15-Feb-2007
Species priority site is: National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit (PARL).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

Spanish-dagger (Source: Yucca III ) – English
Torrey's yucca (Source: Yucca III ) – English
Torrey-Palmlilie (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German

Economic importance:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon

References:

Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. [= Y. treculiana Carrière].
Hochstätter, F. & G. Hentzschel. 2002. Yucca II (Agavaceae): (indehiscent-fruited species) in the Southwest, Midwest and East of the USA. [accepts].
Hochstätter, F. & G. Hentzschel. 2004. Yucca III (Agavaceae): Mexico. [accepts].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Yucca torreyi.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Yucca torreyi.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Yucca torreyi.

Check other web resources for Yucca torreyi Shafer:

Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

PlantSystematics.org
Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?316866 (19 June 2013)

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