Yucca grandiflora

sahualiqui
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Yucca
Species: Y. grandiflora
Binomial name
Yucca grandiflora
H.S. Gentry

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]

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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