Yucca filifera
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Yucca filifera with typical inflorescence in Mexico |
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Yucca filifera ( trivial names in other languages: Palma China, Palma Corriente, Maji o Baji, Tambasi yucca) is a species of the genus of yucca ( Yucca ) in the family of asparagaceae (Asparagaceae).
description
The solitary Yucca filifera forms a trunk and reaches a height of 10 to 15 meters. With up to 50 branches it is one of the most extraordinary types. The variable rosettes are 0.4 to 0.8 meters wide. The stiff, rough, green 0.3 to 0.8 meter long leaves form fibers on the leaf edges.
The drooping, branched inflorescence is 1 to 1.5 m long. The white, cream-colored, spherical to bell-shaped flowers are about 3 to 6 cm long and 1.5 to 2.5 cm in diameter. The flowering period extends from March to July.
Yucca filifera is another member of the Yucca section , Treculianae series . It is related to Yucca decipiens . However, it can also easily be confused with Yucca valida and Yucca periculosa . Yucca filifera has one of the largest distribution areas of the genus. The drooping inflorescence is typical. It is reminiscent of the giant of the Mojave desert, Yucca brevifolia .
The Huntington Botanical Gardens, California, grow old 15-meter-tall plants. In Mediterranean regions in Europe, e.g. They are also located in France, Fréjus , La Londe-les-Maures , Saint-Tropez and Cannes . When it is dry, Yucca filifera is frost hardy to minus 15 ° C. Specimens can be admired in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
distribution
Yucca filifera grows in Mexico , central and eastern Mexico. The main distribution area is in the Chihuahua Desert in the states of Coahuila , Nuevo León , Zacatecas , San Luis Potosí , Tamaulipas , Guanajuato , Querétaro , Hidalgo and Michoacán in different types of soil, in plains or on stony slopes at altitudes between 500 and 2600 meters. This species is often associated with Yucca treculiana , Yucca queretaroensis , Yucca finallyiana , Yucca rigida , Yucca potosina , Yucca carnerosana , Agave striata , Agave gentryi , Dasylirion longissimum and various types of cacti .
Systematics
The first description by J. Benjamin Chabaud under the name Yucca filifera was published in 1876. Yucca australis Trel is a synonym for the species .
photos
Yucca filifera :
Young plant in Mexico
At different ages in Mexico
Exceptional specimen made in Mexico
Very old group in Mexico
Individual evidence
- ^ Fritz Hochstätter. Yucca ( Agavaceae ) III Mexico and Baja California. 2004, pp. 32–33, photo material pp. 122–125, first description pp. 229–231, pp. 272–273
- ^ Rev. Hort 48: 432-434. 1876.
- ↑ Mo. bot. gard. Ann. rpt. 3: 162, p. 3, 4: 1892.
literature
- Yucca filifera . Fritz Hochstätter (Ed.): Yucca (Agavaceae) . Volume 3 Mexico and Baja California, Selbstverlag, 2004, pp. 33–34, images pp. 122–125, first description pp. 229–231, pp. 272–273, ISBN 3-00-013124-8 .
