Facts about Aloe Yucca (Yucca aloifolia)

Gulf of Mexico

Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145245

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Source: World Register of Marine Species

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Yucca yucatana Engelm.:
Mexico (Mesoamerica)

SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002

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Yucca aloifolia L.:
Gabon (Africa & Madagascar)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
Bolivia (South America)

Killeen, T. J., E. García Estigarribia & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 1993. Guia Arb. Bolivia 1–958. Herbario Nacional de Bolivia & Missouri Botanical Garden, La Paz. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1000017
Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1103
ORSTOM. 1988. List Vasc. Pl. Gabon Herbier National du Gabon, Yaounde. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1671
Long, R. W. & O. K. Lakela. 1971. Fl. Trop. Florida i–xvii, 1–962. University of Miami Press, Coral Cables. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1506
Radford, A. E., H. E. Ahles & C. R. Bell. 1968. Man. Vasc. Fl. Carolinas i–lxi, 1–1183. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/636
Small, J. K. 1933. Man. S.E. Fl. i–xxii, 1–1554. Published by the Author, New York. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1515
Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A. O. Chater. (eds.) 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. Fl. Mesoamer. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/8200
García-Mendoza, A. & E. J. Lott. 1994. 3. Yucca L. Fl. Mesoamer. 6: 36–37. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1006172

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National Distribution

United States

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

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Distribution

Distribution: S.E. United States. Naturalized elsewhere.

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Morphology

Comments

Yucca aloifolia has been widely cultivated, and horticultural forms (or varieties, depending upon the source) differ in the striping of yellow and white on the leaves. Results of DNA studies by K. H. Clary (1997) show a close relationship between this species and Y. gloriosa.

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Description

Shrubby plant, trunk up to 1 m, stem simple or branched. Leaves 45-75 x 6-7 cm, erect, rigid, apex strongly pungent, dark mossy-green. Margins denticulate or entire. Flowers in large panicles, with usually ascending branches, cream tinged purple. Perianth 5-7.5 cm in diameter, segments 40-60 mm. Fruit fleshy. 7.5-10 cm, black-purple.

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Comments

Naturalized in the lower hills of the Punjab & NWFP regions and often grown as hedges The fibre from the leaves is used for making ropes etc. but not cultivated for commercial purposes.

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Description

Plants forming colonies of rosettes, arborescent, to 7 m. Stems 1–3, erect or somewhat declining, simple or sparingly branched. Leaf blade erect, dark green, flattened or slightly concave, thick, 12–40 × 2.5–6 cm, rigid, margins sharply denticulate or entire, rarely filiferous with straight fibers. Inflorescences pendent, paniculate, arising 1/4–1/2 within rosettes, somewhat conical, 4.5–6.1 dm, glabrous or slightly pubescent; peduncle scapelike, to 3 dm. Flowers pendent, to 7 cm; perianth globose; tepals spreading, connate basally for less than 1 mm, creamy white tinged with green or purple near base, lanceolate, 3–4 × 1.2–2.2 cm; filaments ca. 2 cm; anthers 2–3 mm; pistil light green, 3–4 × 0.8–1 cm; ovary stipitate, 2–5 cm; style 5 mm; stigmas distinct. Fruits pendent, baccate, without core, indehiscent, 3.5 –5 × 2–2.6 cm, with fleshy, succulent, purple pulp. Seeds dull black, round-ovate, 5–7 mm diam., 2.5 mm thick.

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Diagnostic Description

Synonym

Yucca serrulata Haworth

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Habitat

Depth range based on 6 specimens in 1 taxon.

Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 0

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Habitat & Distribution

Flowering fall. Sand dunes or shell mounds near coasts; to 1800 m; Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex., Va.; Mexico; West Indies; Central America.

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Cyclicity

Flower/Fruit

Fl. Per.: June.

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Molecular Biology

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Yucca aloifolia

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Species: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1

Source: Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

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Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

Reasons: Native range uncertain (Little, 1979); native in southeastern USA, unclear whether native in southeastern Mexico (Veracruz to Yucatan); planted in southern United States as well as Latin America including Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. Known from 3300-3600 m elevation in vicinity La Paz, Bolivia (zonas de Calacoto, Cota Cota and Sopocachi).

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