Taxon:  Yucca gloriosa L. var. recurvifolia (Salisb.) Engelm.



Summary
Genus:
Yucca
Section:
Yucca
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Agavoideae
Nomen number:
452298
Place of publication:
Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3:39.  1873
Verified:
02/15/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Yucca gloriosa L. (0 active accession[s])
Yucca gloriosa L. var. gloriosa (1 active accession[s])
Yucca gloriosa L. var. tristis Carrière (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Yucca recurvifolia Salisb.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  2. Hochstätter, F. & G. Hentzschel. 2002. Yucca II (Agavaceae): (indehiscent-fruited species) in the Southwest, Midwest and East of the USA 38. Note: = Yucca recurvifolia Salisb.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcurve-leaf yucca  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabamas.FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFloridan.FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgias.FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisianas.e.FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippis.FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
2Cultivated    also cult. 
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama (s.), Florida (n.), Georgia (s.), Louisiana (s.e.), Mississippi (s.)]
Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)
  1. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalas Yucca recurvifoliaHochstätter, F. & G. Hentzschel. 2002. Yucca II (Agavaceae): (indehiscent-fruited species) in the Southwest, Midwest and East of the USA 38-40. Note: as Yucca recurvifolia
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=452298. Accessed 17 April 2026.