Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Asparagales > Family Asparagaceae > Genus Yucca

Yucca filamentosa L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Yucca*	L.	accepted genus name
*Clistoyucca*	(Engelm.) Trel.	heterotypic synonym
*Codonocrinum*	Willd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.	heterotypic synonym
*Samuela*	Trel.	heterotypic synonym
*Sarcoyucca*	(Trel.) Linding.	heterotypic synonym

Species group names

*Yucca filamentosa f. genuina*	Engelm.	homotypic synonym; nom. inval.
*Yucca filamentosa var. bracteata*	Engelm.	heterotypic synonym
*Yucca filamentosa var. elmensis*	Sprenger	heterotypic synonym
*Yucca filamentosa var. laevigata*	Engelm.	heterotypic synonym
*Yucca filamentosa var. maxima*	Baker	heterotypic synonym
*Yucca filamentosa var. media*	Carrière	heterotypic synonym
*Yucca filamentosa var. mexicana*	S. Schauer	heterotypic synonym
*Yucca filamentosa var. nobilis*	Sprenger	heterotypic synonym
*Yucca filamentosa var. patens*	Carrière	heterotypic synonym
*Yucca filamentosa var. recurvifolia*	Alph. Wood	heterotypic synonym
*Yucca filamentosa var. variegata*	Carrière	heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English-United States: Adam's-needle sources: Charles Hussey

Swedish: fiberpalmlilja

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Nyman], Sp. Pl. 1753.

Genbank

Citation

World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Yucca filamentosa L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=D446D43C-1C54-4D9B-BF8F-08AE04CFD2C6

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Environment

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Importance

EPPO alert:
listed 2009-01 This species is a pest to plants possibly presenting a risk to countries that are member of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)

This species is a pest to plants possibly presenting a risk to countries that are member of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)

EPPO invasive plants:
listed This species is an invasive alien plant being managed in countries that are member of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)