Yucca lacandonica

Yucca lacandonica [1] is a plant species in the yucca genus with the common name "tropical yucca." It is native to Belize and to southern Mexico, the states of Chiapas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Quintana Roo, Campeche, and Yucatán. It is uniquely the only epiphytic species in the genus, although it has been reported to grow terrestrially as well.[2][3][4]

Tropical yucca
Yuca epífita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Yucca
Species:
Y. lacandonica
Binomial name
Yucca lacandonica
Gómez Pompa & J.Valdés

Yucca lacandonica usually grows in tree branches about 20–25 m above the ground. It has a trunk up to 3 m long, 25 cm wide at the base, partially horizontal. The leaves are long and narrowly lanceolate, tapering at both ends, up to 85 cm long, about 5 cm wide at the widest point. Its flowers are white, up to 7 cm across, with cream-colored stamens and pistils as well as tepals narrowing to a long point at the tip. It produces juicy, elongated fruits up to 10 cm long.[5][6][7][8]

References
  1. Gómez Pompa & J.Valdés, Boletín de la Sociedad Botánica de México 27: 43-45. 1962.
  2. EMonocot, Kew Gardens, Yucca lacandonica
  3. Gómez Pompa & J.Valdés, Boletín de la Sociedad Botánica de México 27: 43-45. 1962.
  4. Yucca lacandonica. Fritz Hochstätter (ed.): Yucca (Agavaceae). Band 3 Mexico and Baja California, self-Verlag, 2004, pp. 39-40, pp. 135-136 photo material, first described S. 240-242, pp. 275, ISBN 3-00-013124-8 .
  5. CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico D.F.
  6. García-Mendoza, A. & E. J. Lott. 1994. 3. Yucca L. 6: 36–37. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  7. Pérez J., L. A., M. Sousa Sánchez, A. M. Hanan-Alipi, F. Chiang Cabrera & P. Tenorio L. 2005. Vegetación terrestre. 65–110. In J. Bueno, F Álvarez & S. Santiago. Biodiversidad de Tabasco. CONABIO-UNAM, México D.F..
  8. NaturaLista, Yuca epífita,
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