Yucca aloifoliaL.

Spanish bayonetaloe yucca

WFO wfo-0000752064 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Yucca aloifolia, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. a Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-29 / obs. 203951375
Yucca aloifolia, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. b Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194061503
Yucca aloifolia, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. c Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186964186
Yucca aloifolia, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. d Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184620855
Yucca aloifolia, photographed by natalie
fig. e natalie, CC0 1.0 / obs. 178586730
Yucca aloifolia, photographed by Mike Duran
fig. f Mike Duran, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177928774
Yucca aloifolia, photographed by Ryan Watson
fig. g Ryan Watson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176540332
Yucca aloifolia, photographed by Jaime González
fig. h Jaime González, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163152808

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Yucca aloifolia is native: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Bermuda AlabamaFloridaGeorgiaLouisianaMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestMississippiNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaTexasVirginia Bermuda
Native distribution of Yucca aloifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Louisiana LOU
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS
Mississippi MSI
North Carolina NCA
South Carolina SCA
Texas TEX
Virginia VRG
Bermuda BER SOUTHERN AMERICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 40 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Dracaena lenneana Regel
  • Sarcoyucca aloifolia (L.) Linding.
  • Yucca aloifolia f. arcuata (Haw.) Voss
  • Yucca aloifolia f. conspicua (Haw.) Engelm.
  • Yucca aloifolia f. crenulata (Haw.) Voss
  • Yucca aloifolia f. draconis (L.) Voss
  • Yucca aloifolia f. genuina Engelm.
  • Yucca aloifolia f. tenuifolia (Haw.) Trel.
  • Yucca aloifolia f. tenuifolia (Haw.) Voss
  • Yucca aloifolia var. aloifolia
  • Yucca aloifolia var. arcuata (Haw.) Trel.
  • Yucca aloifolia var. conspicua (Haw.) Engelm.
  • Yucca aloifolia var. draconis (L.) Engelm.
  • Yucca aloifolia var. flexifolia J.Bommer
  • Yucca aloifolia var. gigantea Sprenger
  • Yucca aloifolia var. marginata J.Bommer
  • Yucca aloifolia var. menandi Trel.
  • Yucca aloifolia var. purpurea Baker
  • Yucca aloifolia var. quadricolor-variegata Carrière
  • Yucca aloifolia var. roseomarginata Regel
  • Yucca aloifolia var. serratifolia Sprenger
  • Yucca aloifolia var. stenophylla J.Bommer
  • Yucca aloifolia var. tenuifolia (Haw.) Trel.
  • Yucca aloifolia var. tricolor J.Bommer

and 16 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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