Yucca filamentosa L. belongs to the Asparagaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asparagaceae
Genus
Yucca
Specific Epithet
filamentosa
Authorship
L.
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
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#280,428 of 335,497
Top 84%
Extinction probability
5%
Location
United States, South Carolina, 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