Giant palm lily

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Giant palm lily
Yucca elephantipes in tropical zone in Mexico

Yucca elephantipes in tropical zone in Mexico

Systematics
Monocots
Order : Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family : Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily : Agave family (Agavoideae)
Genre : Palm lilies ( yucca )
Type : Giant palm lily
Scientific name
Yucca elephantipes
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The giant palm lily ( Yucca elephantipes ) (English common names : Giant Yucca, Spineless Yucca) is a species of palm lily ( Yucca ) in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae).

description

The giant palm lily forms numerous trunks 2 to 10 meters in height from the thickened base. The variable, soft, toothed, green leaves are 60 to 110 cm long and 2 to 3 cm wide.

The branched, dense inflorescence that begins in the leaves becomes 0.5 to 1 meter high. The pendulous, bell-shaped, white flowers are 3 to 5 cm long and 1 to 2 cm wide. The flowering period extends from August to September.

Circulation area of the section Yucca series Yucca in Mexico

Occurrence

The giant palm lily is common in Mexico in the states of Yucatan , Quintana Roo , Campeche , Chiapas in dense forests at altitudes of 2000 to 2100 m.

In Mediterranean regions in Europe, they are planted in parks and gardens. Short periods of frost down to minus 8 ° C are tolerated.

Systematics

The giant palm lily ( Yucca elephantipes ) is a representative of the Yucca series Yucca . This species is closely related to Yucca lacandonica , but it can be easily distinguished by the thickened trunk base.

The first description by Eduard August von Regel under the name Yucca elephantipes was published in 1859. Synonym of Baker under the name Yucca guatemalensis 1872.

use

Fibers are obtained from the leaves of the giant palm lily; Flowers and stem tips are used as vegetables.

literature

  • Yucca elephantipes . Fritz Hochstätter (Ed.): Yucca (Agavaceae) . Volume 3 Mexico and Baja California, self-published, 2004, pp. 38-39, photo material p. 134, p. 275, ISBN 3-00-013124-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Garden flora 9: 35, 1859.
  2. ↑ Ref. Bot. 5 pl. 313. 1872.
  3. ↑ Andreas Bärtels: color atlas tropical plants: ornamental and useful plants . Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1996, ISBN 3-8001-3480-2 .

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