Yucca grandiflora

Yucca grandiflora Gentry[1] is a plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to the Sierra Madre Occidental in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora.[2][3][4]

Sahualiqui
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Yucca
Species:
Y. grandiflora
Binomial name
Yucca grandiflora

Common names include Sahualiqui and Large-flowered Yucca. The Pima Bajo peoples of the region sometimes eat the immature fruits.[5]

References

  1. H.S. Gentry, Madrono 14: 51-53. 1957.
  2. Gentry, H.S. 1972 The Agave family in Sonora. USDA Agricultural Handbook 399.
  3. Southwestern Biodiversity Yucca grandiflora, map
  4. Laferrière, Joseph E. 1994. Vegetation and flora of the Mountain Pima village of Nabogame, Chihuahua, Mexico. Phytologia 77:102-140.
  5. Laferrière, Joseph E., Charles W. Weber and Edwin A. Kohlhepp. 1991. Use and nutritional composition of some traditional Mountain Pima plant foods. Journal of Ethnobiology 11(1):93-114.
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