Taxon: Yucca gloriosa L.

• the 3 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Yucca gloriosa var. gloriosa (no accessions)
• Yucca gloriosa var. recurvifolia (no accessions)

Common names:

• curve-leaf yucca   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Yucca gloriosa var. recurvifolia]
  
• mound-lily yucca   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Yucca gloriosa var. gloriosa]
  
• palm-lily   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English   [Yucca gloriosa var. gloriosa]
  
• Roman-candle   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English   [Yucca gloriosa var. gloriosa]
  
• Sea Islands yucca   (Source: Yucca II 35. 2002) – English   [Yucca gloriosa var. gloriosa]
  
• soft-tip yucca   (Source: Yucca II 35. 2002) – English   [Yucca gloriosa var. gloriosa]
  
• Spanish-bayonet   (Source: Yucca II 35. 2002) – English   [Yucca gloriosa var. gloriosa]
  
• Spanish-dagger   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• Spanish-dagger   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English   [Yucca gloriosa var. gloriosa]
  
• Kerzen-Palmlilie   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German   [Yucca gloriosa var. gloriosa]
  
• palmlilja   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; China FlEncy)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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)
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama [s.], Florida [n.], Georgia [s.], Louisiana [s.e.], Mississippi [s.], North Carolina [e.], South Carolina [e.]

• also cultivated

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).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Duncan, W. H. & J. T. Kartesz. 1981. Vascular flora of Georgia: an annotated checklist.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Hochstätter, F. & G. Hentzschel. 2002. Yucca II (Agavaceae): (indehiscent-fruited species) in the Southwest, Midwest and East of the USA.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
• Zhong Guo & Hua Jing. 1993. China floral encyclopaedia.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Yucca gloriosa.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Yucca gloriosa.

Synonyms:

• Yucca recurvifolia Salisb. [≡ Yucca gloriosa var. recurvifolia]
  

Check other web resources for Yucca gloriosa L.:

• 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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