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Yucca L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 319 (1753)   Link to external nomenclature reference

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) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000008794
Samuela Trel. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 116–117. 1902. (28 Jul 1902) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000033918
Sarcoyucca Linding. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 50(1): 446. 1933. Link to external nomenclature reference 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) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773617
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca adenophora Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1903: 2. (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference 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) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773619
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca aletroides Sprenger Fl. & Sylva 2: 20. 1904 (1904) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773621
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca aloifolia var. yucatan Trel. – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392165
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca amabilis Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1906: 2. (1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773622
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca amoena Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1903: 2. (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773623
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca andreana Deleuil ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 110. 1883 (1883) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773624
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca antwerpensis Hort ex Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. xviii. (1880) 228. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353525
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca armata Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 795. 1841 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001259952
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca arnottiana Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1902: 3. (1902) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773632
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca atropos Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 48. (1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773633
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca augusta Sprenger Fl. & Sylva 2: 21. 1904 (1904) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773634
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca aurora Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1903: 2. (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773635
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca carrierei Deleuil ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 110 (1883) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000752240
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca casertana Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 230. (1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773638
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca ceres Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1904: 3. (1904) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773639
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca chinensis Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 133. (1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773640
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca clotho Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1905: 3. (1905) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773641
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca coelestis Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 48. (1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773643
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca colombiana Sprenger Fl. & Sylva 2: 18. 1904 (1904) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773644
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca columnaris Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1903: 2. (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773645
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca concava var. longifolia B.S.Williams Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl. 319. 1870 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200021483
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca conspicua Regel Gartenflora 20: 149 (1871) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000752265
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca crinifera Lem. Hort. Vanhoutt. 1(2): 23 (1846) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000752248
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca darwinii Sprenger Fl. & Sylva 2: 20. 1904 (1904) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773646
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca deleuilii Trel. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 67. 1902 (1902) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773648
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca diana Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1905: 3. (1905) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773649
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca dracaenoides André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 52: 226. 1880 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773650
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca draco Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1909: 180. (1909) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773651
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca dux Sprenger Fl. & Sylva 2: 20. 1904 (1904) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773652
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca ehrenbergii Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 538, nomen. 1875 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353526
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca elegantissima Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1901: 1. (1901) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773654
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca elmensis Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1901: 1. (1901) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773657
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca elwesiana Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1906: 3. (1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773658
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca engelmannii Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1902: 3. (1902) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773659
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca ensifera Deleuil ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 111. 1883 (1883) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773662
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca eros Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 133. (1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773660
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca europa Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 130. (1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773661
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca filamentosa var. antwerpensis Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 228. 1880 Link to external nomenclature reference 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) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773672
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca floribunda Deleuil Cat. 1903: 35. (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773673
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca formosa Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 46. (1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773674
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca fosteriana Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1904: 3. (1904) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773676
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca gaea Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 59. (1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773677
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca gloriosa var. marginataaurea Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 52: 260. 1880 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200021427
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca gloriosa var. recurvata Baker Gard. Chron. 1870: 1184. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200021477
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca gloriosa var. variegata Salisb. – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392766
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca gracilis Link ex Sweet Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2. 597 (Quid ?). 1830 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353527
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca gracillima Deleuil Cat. 1903: 34. (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773679
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca guglielmii Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1904: 2. (1904) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773681
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca heliodorus Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1903: 2. (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773682
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca helios Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1904: 3. (1904) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773683
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca horrida Humb. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 795. 1841 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353528
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca howard-smithii Trel. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. lxxviii. 99 (1937), anglice. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353529
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca imperator Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1901: 1. (1901) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773684
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca imperialis Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1902: 3. (1902) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773685
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca ismene Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1905: 3. (1905) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773687
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca juncea Deleuil ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 111. 1883 (1883) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773688
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca karlsruhensis Graebener Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 1903: 7 (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000752163
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca koelliana Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 48. (1906) Link to external nomenclature reference 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 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353530
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca laevigata André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 109. 1883 (1883) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773690
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca lawrenceana Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1904: 3. (1904) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773691
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca liliacea Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1902: 1. (1902) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773692
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca luna Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 47. (1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773693
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca luxurians Sprenger Fl. & Sylva 1: 20. 1903 (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773694
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca magnifica Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1901: 1. (1901) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773695
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca mariae Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 49. (1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773696
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca massiliensis Deleuil ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 111. 1883 (1883) Link to external nomenclature reference 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 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) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000752123
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca minerva Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1905: 3. (1905) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773700
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca mollis Cockerell Nature 69: 198 (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000753584
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca moraea Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1904: 3. (1904) Link to external nomenclature reference 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 Link to external nomenclature reference 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] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200009426
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca nicotrana Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1904: 3. (1904) Link to external nomenclature reference 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] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353531
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca oceanus Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 229. (1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773703
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca paradoxa Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1904: 3. (1904) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773707
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca passiflora Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1905: 3. (1905) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773708
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca peregrina Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1902: 3. (1902) Link to external nomenclature reference 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) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773711
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca pinicola Zamudio Brittonia 72(2): 158. 2020 Link to external nomenclature reference 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 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353532
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca praecox Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1901: 1. (1901) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773712
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca princeps Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1903: 2. (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773713
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca procera Deleuil Cat. 1903: 35. (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773714
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca purpurascens Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1905: 3. (1905) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773715
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca quadricolor var. stokesii B.S.Williams Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl. 320. 1870 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200021388
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca quinnarjenii Hochstätter Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 33(1): 60. 2021 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000029410
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca regalis Sprenger Fl. & Sylva 2: 21. 1904 (1904) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773716
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca rex Sprenger Fl. & Sylva 2: 21. 1904 (1904) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773717
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca rigida (Engelm.) Trel. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 65. 1902 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000752215
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca rigida Deleuil ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 110 (1883) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773647
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca rubescens Pasq. Cat. Ort. Bot. Napoli 108. 1867 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001259957
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca rubra hort. ex Lavallée Énum. Arbres 302, nomen. 1877 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353533
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca saturnus Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 134. (1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773718
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca ser. Mckelvyanae Hochstätter Int. Cact. Advent. 106-107: 17. 2015 [Apr-Jul 2015] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000035193
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca serrulata var. angustifolia B.S.Williams Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl. 320. 1870 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200021486
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca serrulata var. variegata B.S.Williams Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl. 320. 1870 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200021480
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca sieheana Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1906: 2. (1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773719
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca smaragdina Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1903: 2. (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773721
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca sokrates Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1905: 3. (1905) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773722
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca sprengeri W.Muell. Cat. 1908(Sept.): 5. (1908) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773723
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca stokesii W.Bull ex J.Dix Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 2: 375. 1862 (1862) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000038078
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca striatula Deleuil ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 110. 1883 (1883) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773724
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca sulcata Deleuil ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 110. 1883 (1883) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773725
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca titanus Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1903: 2. (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773726
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca treleasei Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1901: 1. (1901) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773728
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca vandervinniana K.Koch Belgique Hort. 1862: 131 1862 — wfo-0001259956
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca versicolor Carrière Rev. Hort., sér. 4, 50: 18 1878 — wfo-0001259953
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca virescens Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1903: 2. (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773730
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca virgilius Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 47. (1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773732
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca viridiflora Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1901: 1. (1901) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773729
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca vomerensis Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1901: 1. (1901) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773733
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca whipplei subsp. whipplei – – — wfo-0001073180
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca whipplei var. graminifolia Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 230 — wfo-0001259855
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca williamsiana W.Muell. Cat. 1910: 5. (1910) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773734
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca willmottiana Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1903: 2. (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773735
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Yucca wittmackiana Sprenger Nursery Cat. (Dammann) 1904: 3. (1904) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000773736