Scientifically valid species of the genus YUCCA
(without taxonomically unresolved species)


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"RED" = recently described plant
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The blocks are marked with "year-month", the date of registration. The species names marked with a question mark ("?") are taxonomically unresolved but referred to this genus. It is possible to jump directly to the alphabetic code of the species name. Please see the handling hints before using this data base (see main page link). Enjoy!

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A

Yucca aloifolia Linné (1753)

Yucca angustissima ssp. angustissima Engelmann ex Trelease (1902)

Yucca angustissima ssp. avia (Reveal) Hochstätter (1998)

Yucca angustissima ssp. kanabensis (McKelvey) Hochstätter (1998)

Yucca angustissima ssp. toftiae (Welsh) Hochstätter (1998)

Yucca arkansana Trelease (1902)

B

Yucca baccata ssp. baccata Torrey (1859)

Yucca baccata ssp. thornberi (McKelvey) Hochstätter (2001)

Yucca baileyi Wooton & Standley (1913)

Yucca brevifolia Engelmann (1871)

C

Yucca campestris McKelvey (1947)

Yucca capensis Lenz (1998)

Yucca carnerosana (Trelease) McKelvey (1938)

Yucca cernua Keith (2003)

Yucca constricta Buckley (1862)

D

Yucca decipiens Trelease (1907)

Yucca declinata Laferrière (1995)

Yucca ×desmetiana Baker (1870)

E

Yucca elata ssp. elata Engelmann (1882)

Yucca elata ssp. verdiensis (McKelvey) Hochstätter (1999)

Yucca endlichiana Trelease (1907)

F

Yucca faxoniana (Trelease) Sargent (1905)

Yucca feeanoukiae Hochstätter (2013)

Yucca filamentosa Linné (1753)

Yucca filifera Chabaud (1876)

Yucca flaccida Haworth (1819)

G

Yucca glauca Nuttall (1813)

Yucca gloriosa var. gloriosa Linné (1753)

Yucca gloriosa var. tristis Carrière (1860)

Yucca grandiflora Gentry (1957)

Yucca guatemalensis Baker (1872)

H

Yucca harrimaniae ssp. harrimaniae Trelease (1902)

Yucca harrimaniae ssp. sterilis (Neese & Welsh) Hochstätter (1999)

I

Yucca intermedia McKelvey (1947)

J

Yucca jaegeriana (McKelvey) L. W. Lenz (2007)

Yucca jaliscensis Trelease (1920)

K

Yucca ×karlsruhensis Graebener (1903)

L

Yucca lacandonica Gómez-Pompa & Valdéz (1962)

Yucca linearifolia Clary (1995)

M

Yucca madrensis Gentry (1972)

Yucca mixtecana García-Mendoza (1998)

Yucca muscipula M. Ayala-Hern., Ríos-Gómez, E. Solano & A. García-Mend. (2022)

N

Yucca necopina Shinners (1958)

Yucca neomexicana Wooton & Standley (1913)

P

Yucca pallida McKelvey (1947)

Yucca periculosa Baker (1870)

Yucca pinicola Zamudio (2020)

Yucca potosina Rzedowski (1955)

Q

Yucca queretaroensis Piña (1989)

R

Yucca reverchonii Trelease (1911)

Yucca rigida (Engelmann) Trelease (1902)

Yucca rostrata Engelmann ex Trelease (1902)

Yucca rupicola Scheele (1850)

S

Yucca schidigera Roezl ex Ortgies (1871)

Yucca ×schottii Engelmann (1873)

T

Yucca tenuistyla Trelease (1902)

Yucca thompsoniana Trelease (1911)

Yucca treculiana Carrière (1858)

U

Yucca utahensis McKelvey (1947)

V

Yucca valida Brandegee (1889)

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