List of Yucca species

This is a list of the species in the genus Yucca . They are commonly called yuccas in English, but are also called Adam's needle or Spanish-bayonet. ^{[1] [2]}

As of 2025 ^[update] Plants of the World Online (POWO) and World Flora Online both list 50 valid species. ^{[3] [4]} In addition, POWO lists three other species, Yucca jaegeriana(McKelvey) L.W.Lenz, Yucca muscipulaAyala-Hern., Ríos-Gómez, E.Solano & García-Mend., and Yucca pinicolaZamudio, ^[3] that WFO lists as unchecked or as a synonym of another species. ^{[5] [6] [7]} There are also two natural hybrids, Yucca × schottii, which was formerly listed as a species under various names, and Yucca × quinnarjenii. ^{[8] [9]}

Species list

Species

Plant	Flowers	Species name	Year [10]	Range [10]
		Yucca aloifolia L.	1753	Southeastern US, Central and Southeastern Mexico
		Yucca angustissima Engelm. ex Trel.	1902	Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, & Utah
		Yucca arkansana Trel.	1902	Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, & Texas
		Yucca baccata Torr.	1859	Southwestern US & Northern Mexico
		Yucca baileyi Wooton & Standl.	1913	Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, & Utah
		Yucca brevifolia Engelm.	1871	Baja California Norte, western Arizona, southeastern California, southern Nevada, Sonora, & southwest Utah
		Yucca campestris McKelvey	1947	New Mexico & Texas
		Yucca capensis L.W.Lenz	1998	Baja California Sur
		Yucca carnerosana (Trel.) McKelvey	1938	Northeastern Mexico
		Yucca cernua E.L.Keith	2003	Texas
		Yucca coahuilensis Matuda & I.Piña	1980	Coahuila
		Yucca constricta Buckley	1862 [11]	Texas
		Yucca decipiens Trel.	1907	Northeastern and southwestern Mexico
		Yucca declinata Laferr.	1995	Sonora
		Yucca desmetiana Baker	1870	Chihuahua
		Yucca elata (Engelm.) Engelm.	1882	Southwestern US & northern Mexico
		Yucca endlichiana Trel.	1907	Coahuila & Nuevo León
		Yucca faxoniana (Trel.) Sarg.	1905	Chihuahua, Coahuila, New Mexico, & Texas
		Yucca feeanoukiae Hochstätter	2013	Utah
		Yucca filamentosa L.	1753	Eastern United States
		Yucca filifera Chabaud	1876 [12]	Northeastern, central, & southwestern Mexico
		Yucca flaccida Haw.	1819	Eastern US & Ontario
		Yucca gigantea Lem.	1859	Central America & southern Mexico [13]
		Yucca glauca Nutt.	1813	Central United States & Alberta
		Yucca gloriosa L.	1753	Southeastern United States
		Yucca grandiflora Gentry	1957	Chihuahua, Sonora
		Yucca harrimaniae Trel.	1902	Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, & Utah
		Yucca intermedia McKelvey	1947	Central New Mexico
		Yucca jaliscensis (Trel.) Trel.	1920	Northeastern and southwestern Mexico
		Yucca lacandonica Gómez Pompa & J.Valdés	1962	Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, & Veracruz
		Yucca linearifolia Clary	1995	Coahuila & Nuevo León
		Yucca luminosa M.H.J.van der Meer		Northeastern Mexico [14]
		Yucca madrensis Gentry	1972	Sonora & Chihuahua
		Yucca mixtecana García-Mend.	1998	Oaxaca & Puebla
		Yucca necopina Shinners	1958	Texas
		Yucca neomexicana Wooton & Standl.	1913	Colorado, New Mexico, & Oklahoma
		Yucca pallida McKelvey	1947	Texas
		Yucca periculosa Baker	1870	Oaxaca, Puebla, Tlaxcala, & Veracruz
		Yucca potosina Rzed.	1955	San Luis Potosí & Tamaulipas
		Yucca queretaroensis Piña Luján	1989	Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Querétaro, & San Luis Potosí
		Yucca × quinnarjenii Hochstätter	2021	New Mexico
		Yucca reverchonii Trel.	1911	Coahuila & Texas
		Yucca rostrata Engelm. ex Trel.	1902	Chihuahua, Coahuila, & Texas [15]
		Yucca rupicola Scheele	1850	Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, & Texas
		Yucca schidigera Roezl ex Ortgies	1871	Baja California Norte, Arizona, California, Nevada, Sonora, & Utah
		Yucca × schottii Engelm.	1873	Arizona, Chihuahua, New Mexico, Nuevo León, Sonora
		Yucca sterilis (Neese & S.L.Welsh) S.L.Welsh & L.C.Higgins	2008	Northeast Utah
		Yucca tenuistyla Trel.	1902	Texas
		Yucca thompsoniana Trel.	1911	Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, & Texas
		Yucca treculiana Carrière	1858	Northeastern Mexico, New Mexico, & Texas [16]
		Yucca utahensis McKelvey	1947	Northwestern Arizona, southeastern Nevada, & southwestern Utah
		Yucca valida Brandegee	1889	Baja California Norte & Baja California Sur

References

1. OED 2025.
2. Hess & Robbins 2020.
3. POWO 2025a.
4. WFO 2025a.
5. WFO 2025b.
6. WFO 2025c.
7. WFO 2025d.
8. WFO 2025e.
9. POWO 2025f.
10. Hassler 2025.
11. POWO 2025b.
12. POWO 2025c.
13. POWO 2025d.
14. POWO 2025e.
15. POWO 2025g.
16. POWO 2025h.

Web sources

• Hassler, Michael (13 February 2025). "Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.02". World Plants. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
• Hess, William J.; Robbins, R. Laurie (30 July 2020) [In print 2002]. "Yucca". Flora of North America . p. 423. ISBN   978-0-19-515208-1. OCLC   65199362. Archived from the original on 15 April 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
• OED. "Yucca, N." . Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/OED/5006883936.(Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
• POWO (2025). "Yucca L." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 9 April 2025.
• POWO (2025). "Yucca constricta Buckley". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
• POWO (2025). "Yucca filifera Chabaud". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
• POWO (2025). "Yucca gigantea Lem". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
• POWO (2025). "Yucca luminosa M.H.J.van der Meer". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
• POWO (2025). "Yucca × quinnarjenii Hochstätter". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
• POWO (2025). "Yucca rostrata Engelm. ex Trel". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
• POWO (2025). "Yucca treculiana Carrière". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
• WFO (2025). "Yucca L." World Flora Online . Retrieved 9 April 2025.
• WFO (2025). "Yucca jaegeriana (McKelvey) L.W.Lenz". World Flora Online . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
• WFO (2025). "Yucca muscipula Ayala-Hern., Ríos-Gómez, E.Solano & García-Mend". World Flora Online . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
• WFO (2025). "Yucca pinicola Zamudio". World Flora Online . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
• WFO (2025). "Yucca × schottii Engelm. Zamudio". World Flora Online . Retrieved 24 April 2025.