Yucca
See also: yucca
Translingual
Etymology
Variant of English yuca, from Galibi Carib yuca (“cassava (Manihot esculenta)”), because Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and others confused it with that plant.[1][2]
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Asparagales - order; Asparagaceae - family; Agavoideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Yucca sect. Yucca, Yucca sect. Chaenocarpa, Yucca sect. Clistocarpa, Yucca sect. Endlichiana, Yucca sect. Hesperoyucca, Yucca sect. Yucca - sections
- Yucca aloifolia - type species; see
References
- Mary Irish; Gary Irish (2000) Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants: a Gardener's Guide, Portland, Or.: Timber Press, →ISBN, page 18.
- Umberto Quattrocchi (2000) CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, volume 4 (R–Z), Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 2862.
Further reading
- Yucca at USDA Plants database
English
Proper noun
Yucca
- The Yucca mountain.
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