Yucca treculiana Carrière. Common name: Spanish-dagger, Trécul’s Yucca, Palma Pita. Phenology: Feb-Apr. Habitat: Brushland, grasslands, and scrub. Distribution: E. and c. TX, s. NM, and s. AZ south to AGS, CHH, COA, DGO, NLE, QRO, SLP, TAM, VER).
ID notes: A tree, to at least 7 m tall.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: The species is named for Auguste Adolphe Lucien Trécul (1818-1896) and the epithet must therefore be spelled 'treculiana' rather than the incorrectly formed (but traditional) 'treculeana'.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Yucca treculeana Carrière — ETx1, K4, Mex, NcTx, NSProv, S13, Tx, Clary & Adams (2021); < Yucca treculeana Carrière — FNA26; > Yucca treculeana var. succulenta — NS; > Yucca treculeana var. treculeana — NS; < Yucca treculiana Carrière — POWO. Basionym: Yucca treculiana Carrière 1858
Links to other floras: < Yucca treculeana - FNA26
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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