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filamentosa

Taxon

Yucca filamentosa L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 319. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (109).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (109).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (120).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (120).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (116).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (116).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (117).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (117).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (129).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (129).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (114).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (114).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (118).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (118).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (107).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (107).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (115).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (115).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (106).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (106).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (124).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (124).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (110).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (110).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (121).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (121).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (105).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (105).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (102).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (102).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (127).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (127).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (119).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (119).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (104).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (104).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (125).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (125).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (112).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (112).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (122).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (122).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (103).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (103).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (128).JPG

Yucca filamentosa, Not collected--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (128).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia; introduced into Albania, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, Romania, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Not collected

May 20, 2015

Location

United States, South Carolina, Lexington (Lexington)

33.863611, -81.233889

Location Remarks

Edmund. Boiling Springs Road between Bethany Church Road and Bluefield Road. Shealy's Pond. 83 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Asparagaceae

Genus

Yucca

Specific Epithet

filamentosa

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#280,428 of 335,497

Top 84%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →