Yucca arizonica McKelvey

Sahuiliqui (Lengua Pima) Yucca.

Arnold Arboretum jour. 16: 270.1935.

Synonymy

Yucca puberula: sensu Torrey, in Emory, U. S. and Mex. Bound. Bot. 221 1859, proparte, non Haworth 1828.
Yucca brevifolia: Schott ex Torrey, in Emory, U. S. and Mex. Bound. Bot. 221.1859, proparte as synonym of Yucca puberula, non Engelmann.1871.
Yucca treleasi MacBride. Gray Herbarium, Harvard Univ. Contrib. 56:15.191 8, non Sprenger. 1901.
Yucca baccata var. brevifolia Benson & Darrow. Amer. Journ. Bot. 30: 234.1943, in part.

Type: Schott, s. n. Tubac Valley, near Nogales, Arizona (MO 135693).

Other representative material studied.

Arizona:fh 1180.42, Bisbee area, 1,450 m,
fh 1182.32, Atascosa Mts., 1,500 m,
fh 1183.2, Altar Valley, 1,000 m.
Mexicofh 0336, Aqua Prieta, 1,200 m.

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 Yucca arizonica

Yucca arizonica, fh 1180.42, Bisbee area, Az, 1,450m
inflorescence projecting well above the leaves