Difference between revisions of "Yucca arkansana"
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|name=Yucca arkansana var. paniculata | |name=Yucca arkansana var. paniculata | ||
|authority=McKelvey | |authority=McKelvey | ||
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|name=Yucca glauca var. mollis | |name=Yucca glauca var. mollis | ||
|authority=Engelmann ex Branner & Coville | |authority=Engelmann ex Branner & Coville | ||
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|hierarchy=Agavaceae;Yucca;Yucca arkansana | |hierarchy=Agavaceae;Yucca;Yucca arkansana | ||
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|distribution=Ark.;Kans.;Mo.;Okla.;Tex. | |distribution=Ark.;Kans.;Mo.;Okla.;Tex. | ||
| − | |discussion=<p><i>Yucca arkansana</i> shows considerable variation, particularly in the eastern part of its range. S. D. McKelvey (1938–1947) described < | + | |discussion=<p><i>Yucca arkansana</i> shows considerable variation, particularly in the eastern part of its range. S. D. McKelvey (1938–1947) described <i></i>var.<i> paniculata</i> and suggested that it is an eastern extension of the species with a taller, paniculate, and pubescent inflorescence. <i>Yucca arkansana</i> approaches Y. louisianensis, which we have reduced to synonymy under <i>Y. flaccida</i>. K. H. Clary’s (1997) DNA consensus tree places <i>Y. arkansana</i> and Y. louisianensis adjacent to one another.</p> |
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|genus=Yucca | |genus=Yucca | ||
|species=Yucca arkansana | |species=Yucca arkansana | ||
Revision as of 20:53, 16 December 2019
Plants forming small colonies, acaulescent or caulescent; rosettes usually small. Stems decumbent, short, to 0.2 m. Leaf blade mostly yellowish green, flattened, grasslike, concavo-convex, widest near middle, 20–60(–70) × 0.7–2(–2.5) cm, flexible, margins entire, curled, filiferous, apex long, tapering to short spines 1.6–3.2 mm. Inflorescences racemose, occasionally paniculate proximally, arising within rosettes or at rosette level, 3–6(–8) dm, glabrous; bracts erect; peduncle scapelike, 0.2–0.5(–0.6) m, 0.3–0.7(–1.3) cm diam. Flowers pendent; perianth globose; tepals distinct, greenish white, elliptic to orbicular or oblong, 3.2–6.5 × 2–5 cm; filaments 1.3–2.5 cm; anthers 3.2 mm; pistil 2.5–2.8(–3.2) cm; style dark green, 7–13 mm, tumid; stigmas lobed. Fruits erect, capsular, dehiscent, oblong-cylindric to obovoid, constricted near middle, stout, 4–6.5(–7) × 2–3 cm, dehiscence septicidal. Seeds dull black, thin, ca. 1 cm diam.
Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Gravelly soil, limestone outcrops, rocky hillsides, prairies
Elevation: 100–400 m
Distribution
Ark., Kans., Mo., Okla., Tex.
Discussion
Yucca arkansana shows considerable variation, particularly in the eastern part of its range. S. D. McKelvey (1938–1947) described var. paniculata and suggested that it is an eastern extension of the species with a taller, paniculate, and pubescent inflorescence. Yucca arkansana approaches Y. louisianensis, which we have reduced to synonymy under Y. flaccida. K. H. Clary’s (1997) DNA consensus tree places Y. arkansana and Y. louisianensis adjacent to one another.
Selected References
None.