PLANTS Profile for Yucca torreyi (Torrey's yucca)

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PLANTS Profile

Yucca torreyi Shafer
Torrey's yucca

Symbol:

YUTO

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Agavaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Tree
Shrub
Forb/herb

L48

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Yucca torreyi Shafer

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Synonyms:
Yucca torreyi Shafer

	YUBAM	Yucca baccata Torr. var. macrocarpa Torr.
	YUCR	Yucca crassifolia Engelm.
	YUMA2	Yucca macrocarpa (Torr.) Coville

Distribution:
Yucca torreyi Shafer


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USA (NM, TX)

Related Taxa:
Yucca torreyi Shafer

View 10 genera in Agavaceae, 30 species in Yucca

Classification:
Yucca torreyi Shafer

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Agavaceae – Century-plant family
Genus	Yucca L. – yucca
Species	Yucca torreyi Shafer – Torrey's yucca

More Accounts and Images:
Yucca torreyi Shafer

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43154.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 08:05 PM CDT