Yucca_thompsoniana

<i>Yucca thompsoniana</i>

Yucca thompsoniana

Species of flowering plant

Yucca thompsoniana, the Thompson's yucca,[3] is a plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Texas, Chihuahua and Coahuila.[4] Other names for the plant include Beaked yucca, Soyate and Palmita.[5]

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Yucca thompsoniana has a trunk up to 1 m tall, branching above the ground. It flowers before there is any trunk at all, but continues to flower after the stem begins to grow. Leaves are narrow and dagger-like, a bit glaucous, up to 35 cm long and 10 mm wide. Inflorescence is a panicle about 100 cm high. Flowers are white, about 4 cm long and appear in late March through early May.[5] Fruit is a dry, egg-shaped capsule.[4][6]

The plant was first collected in Chihuahua by John Bigelow in 1852 and was described by William Trelease in 1911.[5]

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    Clary, K.; Solano, E.; Ayala-Hernández, M.M.; Salywon, A.; Puente, R. (2020). "Yucca thompsoniana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T117428726A117470207. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T117428726A117470207.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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    Tropicos Yucca thompsoniana
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    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Yucca thompsoniana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
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    Trelease, Report (Annual) of the Missouri Botanical Garden 22: 101 1911 publ. 1912.
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    Morey, Roy (2008). Little Big Bend : Common, Uncommon, and Rare Plants of Big Bend National Park. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. p. 41. ISBN 9780896726130. OCLC 80359503.
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    CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F.
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