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]
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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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:

• Benson, L. & R. A. Darrow. 1954. The trees and shrubs of the southwestern deserts. (TreesS SW Deserts)
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex)
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
• Hochstätter, F. & G. Hentzschel. 2002. Yucca II (Agavaceae): (indehiscent-fruited species) in the Southwest, Midwest and East of the USA. (Yucca II) 29–33.
• Hochstätter, F. & G. Hentzschel. 2004. Yucca III (Agavaceae): Mexico. (Yucca III) 16.
• Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2. (F Ariz)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico. (F New Mex)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. (Rehder)
• Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. (F SonorDes)
• 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. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases 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
• 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

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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