Plant Details

Accepted name:: Yucca aloifolia L. [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aloe yucca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
amole	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
bayonnette	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dagger plant	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
daggerplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
graue palmlilie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
iúca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
spanish bayonet	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spanish-bayonet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
spanish-dagger	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tandpalmlilja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yuca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yucca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 46 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dracaena lenneana Regel Gartenflora 20: 149 (1871).
Sarcoyucca aloifolia (L.) Linding. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 50(1): 446 (1933).
Yucca aloifolia var. arcuata (Haw.) Trel. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 92 (1902).
Yucca aloifolia f. arcuata (Haw.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1055 (1895).
Yucca aloifolia var. conspicua (Haw.) Engelm. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 35 (1873).
Yucca aloifolia f. conspicua (Haw.) Trel. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 89 (1902).
Yucca aloifolia f. crenulata (Haw.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1055 (1895).
Yucca aloifolia var. draconis (L.) Engelm. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 35 (1873).
Yucca aloifolia f. draconis (L.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1055 (1895).
Yucca aloifolia var. flexifolia J.Bommer J. Hort. Prat. Belgique, n.s., 3: 19 (1859).
Yucca aloifolia f. genuina Engelm. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 35 (1873), not validly publ.
Yucca aloifolia var. gigantea Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 225 (1906).
Yucca aloifolia var. marginata J.Bommer J. Hort. Prat. Belgique, n.s., 3: 19 (1859).
Yucca aloifolia f. marginata (J.Bommer) Trel. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 89 (1902).
Yucca aloifolia f. menandii Trel. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 90 (1902).
Yucca aloifolia var. purpurea Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 221 (1880).
Yucca aloifolia f. purpurea (Baker) Trel. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 89 (1902).
Yucca aloifolia var. quadricolor-variegata Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 45: 405 (1873).
Yucca aloifolia var. roseomarginata Regel Gartenflora 8: 18 (1859).
Yucca aloifolia var. serratifolia Sprenger Boll. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1906: 225 (1906).
Yucca aloifolia var. stenophylla J.Bommer J. Hort. Prat. Belgique, n.s., 3: 19 (1859).
Yucca aloifolia var. tenuifolia (Haw.) Trel. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 93 (1902).
Yucca aloifolia f. tenuifolia (Haw.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1055 (1895).
Yucca aloifolia var. tricolor J.Bommer J. Hort. Prat. Belgique, n.s., 3: 19 (1859).
Yucca aloifolia f. tricolor (J.Bommer) Trel. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 89 (1902).
Yucca aloifolia var. variegata Rothsch. Pl. Feuill. Col., n.s., 2: 103 (1870).
Yucca aloifolia var. versicolor Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 50: 104 (1878).
Yucca aloifolia var. yucatana (Engelm.) Trel. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 93 (1902).
Yucca arcuata Haw. Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 33 (1819).
Yucca atkinsii Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 221 (1880).
Yucca conspicua Haw. Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 32 (1819).
Yucca crenulata Haw. Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 33 (1819).
Yucca draconis L. Sp. Pl.: 319 (1753).
Yucca haruckeriana Crantz Duab. Drac. Arbor.: 29 (1768).
Yucca parmentieri Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 8: 389 (1859), nom. illeg.
Yucca purpurea Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 221 (1880).
Yucca quadricolor De Smet ex Regel Gartenflora 13: 232 (1864).
Yucca quadricolor var. stokesii B.S.Williams Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl.: 320 (1870).
Yucca serrulata Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 70 (1812).
Yucca serrulata var. angustifolia B.S.Williams Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl.: 320 (1870).
Yucca serrulata var. variegata B.S.Williams Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl.: 320 (1870).
Yucca stokesii W.Bull ex J.Dix Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 2: 375 (1862).
Yucca striata Anon. Gard. Chron. 1865: 365 (1865).
Yucca tenuifolia Haw. Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 34 (1819).
Yucca tricolor Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 221 (1880).
Yucca yucatana Engelm. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 37 (1873).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Yucca aloifolia L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Yucca aloifolia Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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