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The genus Yucca is in the family Asparagaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Yucca

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Yucca × ada Sprenger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca alba-spica Koch	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Yucca × aletroides Sprenger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca aloifolia L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × amabilis Sprenger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × amoena Sprenger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × andreana Deleuil ex André	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca angustissima Engelm. ex Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	3
Yucca arkansana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca armata Steud.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Yucca × arnottiana Sprenger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × atropos Sprenger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca baccata Torr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Yucca baileyi Wooton & Standl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca brevifolia Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca campestris McKelvey	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca capensis L.W.Lenz	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca carnerosana (Trel.) McKelvey	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × carrierei Deleuil ex André	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca cernua E.L.Keith	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca coahuilensis Matuda & I.L.Pina	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca conspicua Regel	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca constricta Buckley	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca crinifera Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca de-smetiana Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca decipiens Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca declinata Laferr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × dracaenoides André	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca elata (Engelm.) Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Yucca × elmensis Sprenger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca endlichiana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × ensifera Deleuil ex André	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca faxoniana Sarg.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca filamentosa L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca filifera Chabaud	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca flaccida Haw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × fosteriana Sprenger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca gigantea Lem.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca glauca Nutt.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca gloriosa L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Yucca × gracillima Deleuil	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca grandiflora Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca harrimaniae Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × imperator Sprenger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca intermedia McKelvey	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca jaliscensis (Trel.) Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × juncea Deleuil ex André	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × karlsruhensis Graebn.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca lacandonica Gómez Pompa & J.Valdés	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × laevigata André	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × lawrenceana Sprenger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × liliacea Sprenger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca linearifolia Clary	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca madrensis Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × massiliensis Deleuil ex André	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca mazeli Chabaud	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Yucca medio-picta Carrière	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Yucca meldensis hort.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Yucca mexicana Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca mixtecana García-Mend.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca mollis Cockerell	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca necopina Shinners	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca neomexicana Wooton & Standl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca pallida McKelvey	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × paradoxa Sprenger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × peregrina Sprenger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca periculosa Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca picta Hovey	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Yucca × pilosa Deleuil	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca potosina Rzed.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × procera Deleuil	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca queretaroensis Piña Luján	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca reverchonii Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca rigida (Engelm.) Trel.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca rostrata Engelm. ex Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca rubescens Pasq.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Yucca rupicola Scheele	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Yucca schidigera Roezl ex Ortgies	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × schottii Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × smaragdina Sprenger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × sprengeri W.Muell.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca sterilis (Neese & S.L.Welsh) S.L.Welsh & L.C.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × striatula Deleuil ex André	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca tenuistyla Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca thompsoniana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca treculeana Carrière	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca × treleasei Sprenger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca utahensis McKelvey	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca valida Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Yucca vandervinniana K. Koch	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Yucca versicolor Carrière	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Yucca × virescens Sprenger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 282 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Yucca. Of these 49 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 196 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Yucca. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 282 species names for the genus Yucca recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	49	17.4%
◕	Synonym	190	67.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	43	15.2%

All names

The status of the 478 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Yucca recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	55	11.5%
◕	Synonym	378	79.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	45	9.4%

Of the species names,

• 4 are recorded as invalid
• 17 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 282 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Yucca, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	49	130	0	0	179	63.5%
	Medium confidence	0	3	0	0	3	1.1%
	Low confidence	0	57	0	43	100	35.5%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Yucca is as follows: