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Yucca torreyi; photograph Rebou, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SARebou, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Yucca torreyi Shafer

Asparagaceae · New Mexico, Texas +1

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Yucca torreyi, photograph Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsYucca torreyi, photograph Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsYucca torreyi, photograph Rebou, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsYucca torreyi, photograph CarlsbadCavernsNPS, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsYucca torreyi, photograph CarlsbadCavernsNPS, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsYucca torreyi, photograph CarlsbadCavernsNPS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 10 photographs ›

Summary

Yucca torreyi, commonly known as Torrey's yucca, is a large species of Yucca native to the Chihuahuan Desert that can reach a height of 20 ft (6.1 m), but more commonly 3–10 ft (0.9–3.0 m).

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Yucca torreyi", CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the genus · Yucca

Yucca is both the scientific name and common name for a genus native to North America from Panama to southern Canada. It contains 50 accepted species. In addition to yucca, they are also known as Adam's needle or Spanish-bayonet. More on Wikipedia ›

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Yucca", CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cultivation

Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so no sheet is derived.

Climate across the habitat

Not checked. GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so none is derived here. This is not a statement that no climate exists.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Records not checked: GBIF's records were not asked, as said under the name.
NativeNew Mexico, Texas, Mexico Northeast · regions are the level-3 units of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, as Kew's World Checklist records ranges, some under historical names such as Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia (how).
Kew's description“tree” · “desert or dry shrubland” · quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedGBIF's records not checked, as said under the name: so there are no points on the map, no map marker and no climate across the range; the range is Kew's. Not a statement that no record exists.

Photographs

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Photographs: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (2); Rebou, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; CarlsbadCavernsNPS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (3).

Similar habitat climate Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the nearest habitat climates are read from the climate they give.

Other Yucca 55 in the reference

Yucca aloifolia Yucca aloifolia Spanish bayonet Photo: CC BY, Joseph McPhailYucca angustissima Yucca angustissima Narrowleaf yucca Photo: CC BY, CK2AZYucca arkansana Yucca arkansana Arkansas yucca Photo: CC0, author not statedYucca baccata Yucca baccata Banana yucca Photo: CC BY, Grant ChovilYucca baileyi Yucca baileyi Alpine yucca Photo: CC BY, brettaugustYucca brevifolia Yucca brevifolia Joshua tree Photo: CC0, author not statedYucca campestris Yucca campestris Plains yucca Photo: CC BY, CK2AZYucca capensis Yucca capensis Cape Region Yucca Photo: CC BY, Bill LevineYucca carnerosana Yucca carnerosana Giant Spanish dagger Photo: CC BY, Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval Yucca carrii Asparagaceae Yucca cernua Yucca cernua Nodding Yucca Photo: CC BY, Reid HardinYucca coahuilensis Yucca coahuilensis Coahuila-Texas Yucca Photo: CC BY-SA, Rebou all 56 ›

Names & registers

Also known as Yucca macrocarpa; Sarcoyucca macrocarpa; Yucca baccata var. macrocarpa; Yucca torreyi f. parviflora. (WCVP, RBG Kew)

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The record

Family
Asparagaceae
Described by
Shafer
Native to
New Mexico, Texas, Mexico Northeast
Records
not checked · GBIF's records were not asked: the page has no GBIF key

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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
Kew's names (WCVP) kew.names answeredas of 2026-06-04Kew's entry Yucca torreyi Shafer (plant_name_id 291700), read from Kew's names file
GBIF species record gbif.species not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF synonyms gbif.synonyms not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF common names gbif.vernacular not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF occurrence records gbif.occurrences not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
WCVP native range wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04
Habitat climate climate not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked, and the habitat climate is read only from them
Wikidata wikidata answeredasked 2026-10-22found by Kew's IPNI identifier 293670-2, POWO 293670-2
Wikipedia wikipedia answeredasked 2026-10-22
iNaturalist photographs, wild inat.photos.wild not asked
iNaturalist photographs, cultivated inat.photos.cultivated not asked
GBIF media gbif.media not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
Wikimedia Commons commons answeredasked 2026-10-22
OpenAlex papers openalex not askednot yet asked for this reference; a later fill takes the papers from OpenAlex's snapshot

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