Yucca mixtecana
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A characteristic example of Yucca mixtecana in the Mexican highlands |
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Yucca mixtecana is a species of palm lily ( Yucca ) in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae).
description
The thin-stemmed species reaches a stature height of 2 to 6 meters. The leaves , which are rough, stiff on the underside and 0.4 to 0.8 meters long, form fibers at the leaf edges.
The upright or slightly inclined inflorescence that begins between the leaves becomes 0.5 to 1 meter long.
Yucca periculosa is closely related to Yucca mixtecana , but in contrast to this it has a thicker trunk and branches with several rosettes. It can withstand temperatures down to minus 15 ° C when it is dry.
distribution
Yucca mixtecana, which is endemic to Mexico in the states of Puebla and Oaxaca, is common at altitudes of up to 2200 m. It grows together with Agave potatorum , Agave kerchovei , Agave titanota , Agave salmiana , Dasylirion species, Beaucarnea purpusii and various cactus species.
Systematics
The first description by the Mexican botanist Abisai Josue García-Mendoza was published in 1998.
The species Yucca mixtecana is placed within the genus Yucca in the Yucca section and in the Treculianae Hochstätter series.
photos
Yucca mixtecana :
Infructescence with capsule fruits
Occasionally growing specimens in Mexico
Young plant in Mexico
literature
- Fritz Hochstätter : Yucca (Agavaceae). Database. Synonymized checklist electronically published at fhnavajo.com. 1998.
- Fritz Hochstätter: Yucca III (Agavaceae). Mexico with Baja California . 2004. English with German summary. ISBN 3-00-013124-8 .
- Yucca mixtecana . In: Urs Eggli (Ed.): Sukkulentenlexikon. Volume 1 Monocotyledons , Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, 2001, p. 98f. ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ García-Mendoza In: Acta Botanica Mexicana 42: 1-5. 1998
- ↑ In S. Watson. Botany King Report. 5: 496.1871.
