Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hesperoyucca whipplei (Torr.) Trel. [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amole	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chaparral yucca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common yucca	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
foothill yucca	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
our lord's candle	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
our lord's-candle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
quixote yucca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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Kew's taxonomic resources include 22 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Yucca whipplei Torr. in W.H.Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 222 (1859).
Hesperoyucca peninsularis (McKelvey) Clary Sida 19: 845 (2001).
Hesperoyucca whipplei var. graminifolia Trel. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 215 (1893).
Yucca californica Groenland Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 7: 434 (1858), tentatively listed as a synonym.
Yucca engelmannii Mast. Gard. Chron., n.s., 14: 43 (1880).
Yucca graminifolia Alph.Wood Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 167 (1868), nom. illeg.
Yucca nitida C.Wright ex W.Watson Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 39: 154 (1906).
Yucca ortigiesiana Roezl Belgique Hort. 1880: 51 (1880).
Yucca peninsularis McKelvey Yuccas Southw. U.S. 2: 52 (1947).
Yucca whipplei subsp. caespitosa (M.E.Jones) A.L.Haines Madroño 6: 34 (1941).
Yucca whipplei var. caespitosa M.E.Jones Contr. W. Bot. 15: 59 (1929).
Yucca whipplei subsp. eremica Epling & A.L.Haines Brittonia 9: 172 (1957).
Yucca whipplei f. graminifolia (Trel.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1055 (1895).
Yucca whipplei var. intermedia (A.L.Haines) J.M.Webber Agric. Monogr. U.S.D.A. 17: 34 (1953).
Yucca whipplei subsp. intermedia A.L.Haines Madroño 6: 43 (1941).
Yucca whipplei subsp. parishii (M.E.Jones) A.L.Haines Madroño 6: 44 (1941).
Yucca whipplei var. parishii M.E.Jones Contr. W. Bot. 15: 59 (1929).
Yucca whipplei subsp. percursa A.L.Haines Madroño 6: 43 (1941).
Yucca whipplei var. percursa (A.L.Haines) J.M.Webber Agric. Monogr. U.S.D.A. 17: 35 (1953).
Yucca whipplei subsp. rigata Afferni & Drovandi Piante Grasse 24: 92 (2004).
Yucca whipplei subsp. typica A.L.Haines Madroño 6: 44 (1941), not validly publ.
Yucca whipplei var. violacea André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 56: 324 (1884).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hesperoyucca whipplei (Torr.) Trel.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Yucca whipplei	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Yucca whipplei Torr.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

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