Giant Spanish dagger | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
Genus: | Yucca |
Species: | Y. carnerosana |
Binomial name | |
Yucca carnerosana (Trel.) McKelvey | |
Synonyms | |
Samulea carnerosana Trel. |
Yucca carnerosana, commonly known as the giant Spanish dagger, is a species of North American plant in the asparagus family that grows in arid and desert climate areas. In the United States, it is confined to only a few counties in western Texas, where endemic populations are found in rocky outcrops. The species is, however, widely distributed in northern Mexico (Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas, Nuevo León). It has a wide range and is abundant, and although it has local threats, its population appears to be stable overall.
This yucca is cultivated in a few areas such as the western United States, along the lower Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the United States, in parts of southern Europe, as well as other locations.
Yucca carnerosana is branched and arborescent, up to 20 feet tall, with snowy white flowers.
References
- ^ Hernández Sandoval, L.; Zamudio, S.; González-Elizondo, M.; Matías-Palafox, M.; Hernández-Martínez, M.; Sánchez, E.; Clary, K. (2020). "Yucca carnerosana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T117423086A117469977. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T117423086A117469977.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- Tropicos, Yucca carnerosana
- McKelvey in Yuccas of the S.W. U.S. 1:24 1938
- Aggie horticulture, Texas A&M University, Carneros Yucca, Giant Yucca, Giant Dagger, Palma, Palmilla, Spanish Dagger, Palma Barreta, Palma Samandoca Yucca carnerosana
- Encyclopedia of life, Giant Spanish Dagger
- Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(1): 1-76. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
- Benny Cactus, Yucca carnerosana
- Texas Native Plants Database, Yucca carnerosana
External links
Taxon identifiers | |
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Yucca carnerosana | |
Samuela carnerosana |
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