Taxon: Yucca baccata Torr.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Yucca baccata var. baccata (no accessions)
• Yucca baccata var. brevifolia (no accessions)

Common names:

• banana yucca   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Yucca baccata var. baccata]
  
• blue yucca   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Yucca baccata var. baccata]
  
• datil   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Yucca baccata var. baccata]
  
• datil yucca   (Source: Yucca II 30. 2002) – English   [Yucca baccata var. baccata]
  
• Thornber yucca   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Yucca baccata var. brevifolia]
  
• blaue Palmlilie   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German   [Yucca baccata var. baccata]
  
• kålpalmlilja   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

More:

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado [s.w.]
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas [s.w.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California [s.e.], Nevada [s.], Utah [s.]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua, Sonora

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Benson, L. & R. A. Darrow. 1954. The trees and shrubs of the southwestern deserts.
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Hochstätter, F. & G. Hentzschel. 2002. Yucca II (Agavaceae): (indehiscent-fruited species) in the Southwest, Midwest and East of the USA. 29–33.
• Hochstätter, F. & G. Hentzschel. 2004. Yucca III (Agavaceae): Mexico. 16.
• Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
• Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
• Webber, J. M. 1953. Yuccas of the Southwest. Agric. Monogr. U.S.D.A. 17:27–30.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Yucca baccata.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Yucca baccata.

Check other web resources for Yucca baccata Torr.:

• 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
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• 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.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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