Yucca mixtecana

Botanical Description

Yucca mixtecana is a tree-like evergreen perennial plant with an unbranched main trunk, or sometimes with branches near the top. The plant can grow around 2.5 - 5 metres tall, with a rosette of sword-shaped leaves at the apex of each stem. Individual leaves are around 40 - 65cm long and 1 - 3cm wide[ 1207 Title Flora del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/118975#/summary Publisher Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Year 1993 - 2015 ISBN 968-36-3108-8 Description An excellent flora (in Spanish) of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán biosphere reserve in southeastern Mexico. It can be downloaded from the Internet ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a fibre. It is grown as an ornamental[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. Yucca mixtecana is only known from a restricted area in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley Biosphere Reserve. The species is utilised locally for many different purposes and even though this currently does not cause a decline in the population, the species grows in low numbers. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2020)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].