Yucca rupicola

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Twistleaf yucca
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Yucca
Species:
Y. rupicola
Binomial name
Yucca rupicola
Synonyms [2]
  • Yucca lutescensCarrière
  • Yucca rupicola var. tortifoliaEngelm.
  • Yucca tortifoliaLindh. ex Torr.
  • Yucca tortilisCarrière

Yucca rupicola is a plant in the family Asparagaceae, known as the twistleaf yucca, twisted-leaf yucca, Texas yucca [3] or twisted-leaf Spanish-dagger. [4] The species was described by George Heinrich Adolf Scheele in 1850. [5] This is a small, acaulescent plant with distinctive twisted leaves. It is native to the Edwards Plateau region of Texas and also to northeastern Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León). [3] [6]

Yucca rupicola forms colonies of rosettes, lacking trunks above-ground but producing a branched caudex under the surface. Leaves are narrowly lanceolate, slightly succulent, twisted, up to 60 cm long but about 40 mm wide at its widest point. Flowers are pendant (drooping), bell-shaped, white or greenish. Fruit is a dry capsule up to 6 cm long. [7] [8] [9]

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References

  1. Clary, K.; Hodgson, W.; Salywon, A.; Puente, R. (2020). "Yucca rupicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T117428510A117470187. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T117428510A117470187.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
  3. 1 2 "Yucca rupicola (Twistleaf yucca)". Native Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
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  8. Scheele, George Heinrich Adolf. 1850. Linnaea 23: 143–146. Yucca rupicola
  9. Engelmann, Georg. 1873. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 3: 48. Yucca rupicola'