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lacandonica

Taxon

Yucca lacandonica Gómez Pompa & J.Valdés

Protologue Bol. Soc. Bot. México no. 27: 43. 1962IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Borderline • Endangered
Yucca lacandonica, not coll.--MX. Chiapas. Mpo. Solos. Carr. La Capilla-Tapilula.  17 Mch 03. 022.jpg

Yucca lacandonica, not coll.--MX. Chiapas. Mpo. Solos. Carr. La Capilla-Tapilula. 17 Mch 03. 022.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Yucca lacandonica, not coll.--MX. Chiapas. Mpo. Solos. Carr. La Capilla-Tapilula.  17 Mch 03. 021.jpg

Yucca lacandonica, not coll.--MX. Chiapas. Mpo. Solos. Carr. La Capilla-Tapilula. 17 Mch 03. 021.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest (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

March 17, 2003

Location

Mexico, Chiapas (Chamula)

17.2115, -92.957917

Location Remarks

Mirador La Selva Negra on highway MX195. Between km markers 155, 156. 1910 m elev.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Asparagaceae

Genus

Yucca

Specific Epithet

lacandonica

Authorship

Gómez Pompa & J.Valdés

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.4

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

Borderline

Threat status

Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.7

Global rank

#70,120 of 335,497

Top 21%

Extinction probability

48%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →