| Author: |
Charles Lemaire, 1859 | |
Family: |
AGAVACEAE* |
| Origin: |
Belize, Costa Rica, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water: |
Minimum - Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
80 Centimetres |
| Height: |
6 Meters |
| Flower: |
White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names: |
Spineless yucca, soft-tip
yucca, blue-stem yucca, giant yucca, yucca cane, itabo |
| Synonyms: |
Yucca elephantipes, E.
von Regel, 1859.
Yucca guatemalensis, Baker 1872 |
This member of the Agavaceae*
family
was given this name by Charles Lemaire in 1859. It is found in Belize,
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and parts of
Mexico, growing in a well drained soil with little to some water and
lots of sun. The caudex can grow to
80 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant
to six metres in height. The flowers are white.
The genera name is from
Yuca, the name in St. Domingo for a totally different plant. The
species name from
Latin 'making threads'.
The species name refers to the share size of the plants.
')Accordantly to
the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Agavaceae
is now part of the Asparagaceae.
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