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INTRODUCTORY

SPECIES: Yucca elata | Soaptree Yucca

ABBREVIATION:


YUCELA

SYNONYMS:


Yucca utahensis McKelvey [49]
  = Y. elata var. utahensis (McKelvey) Reveal [23]

NRCS PLANT CODE [44]:


YUEL
YUELE
YUELU
YUELV

COMMON NAMES:


soaptree yucca
palmilla
Spanish-bayonet
datil
Utah yucca

TAXONOMY:


The scientific name of soaptree yucca is Yucca elata (Engelm.) Engelm. (Agavaceae) [4,23,24]. Three varieties of soaptree yucca are recognized [23]:

Yucca elata var. elata  soaptree yucca
Yucca elata var. utahensis (McKelvey) Reveal   Utah yucca
Yucca elata var. verdiensis (McKelvey) Reveal  Verdi yucca

Most literature regarding the soaptree yucca does not specify which subspecies is studied. However, most research has focused on populations of New Mexico, Arizona, and the Chihuahuan Desert of Texas and adjacent Mexico; these populations are either the typical variety (Y. e. var. elata) or Verdi yucca.

In southwestern Utah and southeastern Nevada, Utah yucca × narrow-leaved yucca (Y. angustissima) hybrids are common [48]. Soaptree yucca × soapweed yucca (Y. glauca) hybrids have been reported in northern Arizona and New Mexico [47,48]. Soaptree yucca reportedly hybridizes with Buckley yucca (Y. constricta) in Pecos and Howard Counties, Texas, and in southeastern New Mexico [48].

LIFE FORM:


Tree-shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS:


No special status

OTHER STATUS:


No entry

AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION:


Steinberg, Peter. (2001, September). Yucca elata. In: Remainder of citation


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