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SPECIES : Yucca baccata | Banana Yucca 


SPECIES : 
Yucca baccata

ABBREVIATION : 
YUCBAC

SYNONYMS : 
   Yucca baccata (Engelm.) Trel. [40]
   Y. b. var. vespertina McKelvey [34,53]


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   YUBA
   YUBAB
   YUBAB2


COMMON NAMES : 
   banana yucca
   datil yucca
   blue yucca
   Spainish bayonet


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of banana yucca is Yucca baccata
Torr. [14,21,23,25,26,34,48,51,52,53].  Yucca species are placed either
in the lily family (Liliaceae) [23,26,34,48] or the agave family
(Agavaceae) [14,21,25,40,51,53].  Two varieties of banana yucca are
currently recognized:

Y. b. var. baccata [25]  banana yucca
Y. b. var. brevifolia (Schott) Benson & Darrow [48]  Spainish bayonet
  or Thornber yucca

Banana yucca apparently hybridizes with at least seven other yucca
species [23,51].


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Debbie Tirmenstein, March 1989


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
Janet L. Howard, January 1998


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Howard, Janet L., 1998; Tirmenstein, Debbie, 1989. In: Remainder of Citation

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