Yucca neomexicana Wooton & Standl.[3] is a plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to New Mexico, Colorado and Oklahoma. Common name is "New Mexican Spanish bayonet." It is similar to Y. harrimaniae Trel. but with a longer flowering stalk and white (rather than yellowish) flowers.[4][5]

New Mexican Spanish bayonet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Yucca
Species:
Y. neomexicana
Binomial name
Yucca neomexicana
Synonyms[2]
  • Yucca harrimaniae var. neomexicana (Wooton & Standl.) Reveal
  • Yucca harrimaniae subsp. neomexicana (Wooton& Standl.) Hochstätter

References

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  1. ^ Clary, K.; Puente, R.; Salywon, A.; Hodgson, W. (2020). "Yucca neomexicana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T117428356A117470137. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T117428356A117470137.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Tropicos Yucca harrimaniae
  3. ^ Wooton & Standley, Contributions of the U. S. National Herbarium 16: 115 (1913)
  4. ^ Reveal, James Lauritz. 1977. Intermountain Flora; vascular plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. New York. 6: 530. Yucca harrimaniae var. neomexicana
  5. ^ Hochstätter, Fritz. 1999. Cactaceae Rev. 1(2): 21, Yucca harrimaniae subsp. neomexicana