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Yucca L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 319 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000041098.

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Synonyms of Yucca

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Codonocrinum Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 718 (1829) wfo-4000008794
Samuela Trel. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 116–117. 1902. (28 Jul 1902) wfo-4000033918
Sarcoyucca Linding. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 50(1): 446. 1933. wfo-4000034094

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Yucca:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca ada Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1902: 3 (1902) wfo-0000773617
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca adenophora Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1903: 2 (1903) wfo-0000773618
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca alba-spica Koch Belgique Hort. 12: 111 1862 — wfo-0001259884
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca albella Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1901: 1 (1901) wfo-0000773619
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca aletroides Sprenger Fl. & Sylva 2: 20 (1904) wfo-0000773621
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca aloifolia var. yucatan Trel. – wfo-0001392165
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca amabilis Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1906: 2 (1906) wfo-0000773622
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca amoena Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1903: 2 (1903) wfo-0000773623
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca andreana Deleuil ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 110 (1883) wfo-0000773624
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca antwerpensis Hort ex Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. xviii. (1880) 228. wfo-0001353525
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca armata Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 795. 1841 wfo-0001259952
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca arnottiana Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1902: 3 (1902) wfo-0000773632
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca atropos Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 48 (1906) wfo-0000773633
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca augusta Sprenger Fl. & Sylva 2: 21 (1904) wfo-0000773634
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca aurora Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1903: 2 (1903) wfo-0000773635
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca carrierei Deleuil ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 110 (1883) wfo-0000752240
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca carrii Clary & T.P.Adams Lundellia 24(1): 12 2021 wfo-1000064372
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca casertana Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 230 (1906) wfo-0000773638
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca ceres Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1904: 3 (1904) wfo-0000773639
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca chinensis Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 133 (1906) wfo-0000773640
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca clotho Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1905: 3 (1905) wfo-0000773641
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca coelestis Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 48 (1906) wfo-0000773643
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca colombiana Sprenger Fl. & Sylva 2: 18 (1904) wfo-0000773644
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca columnaris Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1903: 2 (1903) wfo-0000773645
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca concava var. longifolia B.S.Williams Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl. 319. 1870 wfo-1200021483
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca conspicua Regel Gartenflora 20: 149 (1871) wfo-0000752265
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca crinifera Lem. Hort. Vanhoutt. 1(2): 23 (1846) wfo-0000752248
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca darwinii Sprenger Fl. & Sylva 2: 20 (1904) wfo-0000773646
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca deleuilii Trel. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 67 (1902) wfo-0000773648
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca diana Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1905: 3 (1905) wfo-0000773649
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca dracaenoides Deleuil Rev. Hort. (Paris) 52: 226 (1880) wfo-0000773650
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca draco Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1909: 180 (1909) wfo-0000773651
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca dux Sprenger Fl. & Sylva 2: 20 (1904) wfo-0000773652
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca ehrenbergii Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 538, nomen. 1875 wfo-0001353526
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca elegantissima Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1901: 1 (1901) wfo-0000773654
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca elmensis Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1901: 1 (1901) wfo-0000773657
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca elwesiana Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1906: 3 (1906) wfo-0000773658
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca engelmannii Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1902: 3 (1902) wfo-0000773659
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca ensifera Deleuil ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 111 (1883) wfo-0000773662
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca eros Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 133 (1906) wfo-0000773660
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca europa Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 130 (1906) wfo-0000773661
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca filamentosa var. antwerpensis Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 228. 1880 wfo-1200021479
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca flexilis var. falcata (auct.) Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 224 1880 wfo-0000752237
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca flora Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 46 (1906) wfo-0000773672
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca floribunda Deleuil Cat. 1903: 35. (1903) wfo-0000773673
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca formosa Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 46 (1906) wfo-0000773674
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca fosteriana Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1904: 3 (1904) wfo-0000773676
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca gaea Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 59 (1906) wfo-0000773677
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca gloriosa var. marginata-aurea Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 52: 260. 1880 wfo-1200021427
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca gloriosa var. recurvata Baker Gard. Chron. 1870: 1184. wfo-1200021477
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca gloriosa var. variegata Salisb. – wfo-0001392766
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca gracilis Link ex Sweet Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2. 597 (Quid ?). 1830 wfo-0001353527
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca gracillima Deleuil Cat. 1903: 34. (1903) wfo-0000773679
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca guglielmii Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1904: 2 (1904) wfo-0000773681
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca heliodorus Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1903: 2 (1903) wfo-0000773682
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca helios Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1904: 3 (1904) wfo-0000773683
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca horrida Humb. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 795. 1841 wfo-0001353528
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca howard-smithii Trel. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. lxxviii. 99 (1937), anglice. wfo-0001353529
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca imperator Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1901: 1 (1901) wfo-0000773684
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca imperialis Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1902: 3 (1902) wfo-0000773685
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca intertexta Lindh. Aufsätze Abh. 46. 1879 wfo-1200096491
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca intertexta Lindh. & G.M.Ross Neu-Braunfelser Zeitung 1(35): 1, col. 5. 1853 [8 Jul 1853] wfo-1000062578
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca ismene Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1905: 3 (1905) wfo-0000773687
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca juncea Deleuil ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 111 (1883) wfo-0000773688
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca karlsruhensis Graebener Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 1903: 7 (1903) wfo-0000752163
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca koelliana Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 48 (1906) wfo-0000773689
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca laetevirens Karw. ex G.Don Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 3. 707, nomen (Quid ?). 1839 wfo-0001353530
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca laevigata André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 109 (1883) wfo-0000773690
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca lawrenceana Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1904: 3 (1904) wfo-0000773691
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca liliacea Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1902: 1 (1902) wfo-0000773692
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca luna Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 47 (1906) wfo-0000773693
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca luxurians Sprenger Fl. & Sylva 1: 20 (1903) wfo-0000773694
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca magnifica Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1901: 1 (1901) wfo-0000773695
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca mariae Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 49 (1906) wfo-0000773696
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca massiliensis Deleuil ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 111 (1883) wfo-0000773699
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca mazeli Chabaud Belgique Hort. 1882: 222 1882 — wfo-0001259941
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca mckelveyana (Hochstätter) Hochstätter Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 36: 24 2024 wfo-1000075835
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca medio-picta Carrière Rev. Hort. [Paris] 50: 104 1878 — wfo-0001259954
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca meldensis hort. Garden (London) 8: 147 1875 — wfo-0001259883
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca mexicana Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 89 (1894) wfo-0000752123
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca minerva Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1905: 3 (1905) wfo-0000773700
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca mollis Cockerell Nature 69: 198 (1903) wfo-0000753584
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca moraea Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1904: 3 (1904) wfo-0000773701
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca muscipula Ayala-Hern., Ríos-Gómez, E.Solano & García-Mend. Phytotaxa 543(2): 104. 2022 wfo-1000031171
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca newberryi subsp. mckelveyana Hochstätter Int. Cact. Advent. 106-107: 14. 2015 [Apr-Jul 2015] wfo-1200009426
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca nicotrana Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1904: 3 (1904) wfo-0000773702
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca nobilis Hort.Peacock ex Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 224. 1880 [1881 publ. 1880] wfo-0001353531
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca oceanus Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 229 (1906) wfo-0000773703
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca paradoxa Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1904: 3 (1904) wfo-0000773707
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca passiflora Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1905: 3 (1905) wfo-0000773708
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca peregrina Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1902: 3 (1902) wfo-0000773710
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca picta Hovey Garden (London) 11: 208 1877 — wfo-0001259955
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca pilosa Deleuil Cat. 1903: 34. (1903) wfo-0000773711
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca pinicola Zamudio Brittonia 72(2): 158. 2020 wfo-1000001855
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca pitcairnifolia Karw. ex G.Don Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 3. 707, nomen (Quid ?). 1839 wfo-0001353532
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca praecox Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1901: 1 (1901) wfo-0000773712
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca princeps Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1903: 2 (1903) wfo-0000773713
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca procera Deleuil Cat. 1903: 35. (1903) wfo-0000773714
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca purpurascens Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1905: 3 (1905) wfo-0000773715
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca quadricolor var. stokesii B.S.Williams Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl. 320. 1870 wfo-1200021388