Yucca giganteaLem.

IzoteSpineless YuccaSpineless yuccagiant yucca

WFO wfo-0000752247 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Yucca gigantea, photographed by Melisa Ojeda
fig. a Melisa Ojeda, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-29 / obs. 194473732
Yucca gigantea, photographed by ELOYJIMENEZ13
fig. b ELOYJIMENEZ13, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194196998
Yucca gigantea, photographed by Eugenio Padilla
fig. c Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 187576965
Yucca gigantea, photographed by Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez
fig. d Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 140495146
Yucca gigantea, photographed by Kai Squires
fig. e Kai Squires, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134481619
Yucca gigantea, photographed by Jeremy Gilmore
fig. f Jeremy Gilmore, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 124515129
Yucca gigantea, photographed by Bryan Ragsdale
fig. g Bryan Ragsdale, CC0 1.0 / obs. 115281876
Yucca gigantea, photographed by Henrry
fig. h Henrry, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 114371245

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Yucca gigantea is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeCosta RicaGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamá
Native distribution of Yucca gigantea, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Costa Rica COS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 13 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 lennei Baker
  • Dracaena yuccoides Baker
  • Sarcoyucca elephantipes Linding.
  • Yucca eleana W.Watson
  • Yucca elephantipes hort. ex Regel
  • Yucca elephantipes var. ghiesbreghtii Molon
  • Yucca elephantipes var. gigantea (Lem.) Molon
  • Yucca ghiesbreghtii Baker
  • Yucca guatemalensis Baker
  • Yucca lenneana Baker
  • Yucca mazelii W.Watson
  • Yucca mooreana Baker
  • Yucca roezlii Baker

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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