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Internal ID UUID6440243036d29862834189
Scientific name Yucca brevifolia
Authority Engelm.
First published in Botany [Fortieth Parallel] : 496 (1871)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Clistoyucca arborescens (Torr.) Trel. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 41 (1902)
Clistoyucca brevifolia (Engelm.) Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mts. : 170 (1917)
Sarcoyucca brevifolia (Engelm.) Linding. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 50(1): 446 (1933)
Yucca arborescens (Torr.) Trel. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 3: 163 (1892)
Yucca brevifolia subsp. jaegeriana (McKelvey) Hochstätter Succulenta (Netherlands) 80: 267 (2001)
Yucca brevifolia subsp. herbertii (J.M.Webber) Hochstätter Succulenta (Netherlands) 80: 267 (2001)
Yucca brevifolia var. herbertii (J.M.Webber) Munz Aliso 4: 88 (1958)
Yucca brevifolia f. herbertii J.M.Webber Agric. Monogr. U.S.D.A. 17: 32 (1953)
Yucca draconis var. arborescens Torr. Pacif. Railr. Rep. Whipple, Bot. 4(5; 4): 147 (1857)
Yucca brevifolia var. jaegeriana McKelvey J. Arnold Arbor. 16: 269 (1935)
Yucca jaegeriana (McKelvey) L.W.Lenz Aliso 24: 99 (2007)
Cleistoyucca arborescens (Torr.) Eastw. Occas. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 9: 33. 1905 [8 Jul 1905] ; Handb. Trees California

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Language Common/alternative name
English joshua tree
Spanish izote de desierto
Arabic يكة قصيرة الأوراق
Azerbaijani qısayarpaq yukka
Czech juka krátkolistá
Estonian lühilehine tääkliilia
Basque josueren juka
Persian یوکای نخلی
Finnish joosuanjukka
Finnish joosuanpuu
Hebrew עץ יהושע
Croatian jošua drvo
Hungarian józsué-pálmaliliom
Hungarian józsuéfa
Japanese ジョシュア・ツリー
Korean 조슈아나무
Korean 조슈아 나무
lb joshuabam
Macedonian кратколисна јука
Norwegian Bokmål josvatre
Polish jukka krótkolistna
Polish drzewo jozuego
Russian Юкка коротколистная
Slovenian kratkolistna juka
Swahili mti wa joshua
Tamil பாலைத் தாவரம்
Vietnamese cây joshua
Chinese 小叶丝兰
Chinese 短葉絲蘭
Chinese 短叶丝兰

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.
higher temperature will inhibit germination

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northwest
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000752275
UNII GGT290O5B4
USDA Plants YUBR
Tropicos 18401424
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:270297-2
The Plant List kew-291788
Plantarium 57042
Missouri Botanical Garden 282014
PFAF Yucca brevifolia
Open Tree Of Life 372911
NCBI Taxonomy 101622
Nature Serve 2.160735
IUCN Red List 117423077
IPNI 270297-2
iNaturalist 48469
iNaturalist 47785
GBIF 2775592
Freebase /m/018htj
FEIS plants/tree/yucbre
EPPO UCCBR
EOL 1083621
Calflora (Californian flora) 8375
US Library of Congress sh85070723
USDA GRIN 42147
Wikipedia Yucca_brevifolia

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Numbers of wildlife fatalities at renewable energy facilities in a targeted development region Conkling TJ, Fesnock AL, Katzner TE PLoS One 15-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10723682
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0295552
PMID:38100470
Parsing variance by marker type: Testing biogeographic hypotheses and differential contribution of historical processes to population structure in a desert lizard Holmes IA, Monagan IV Jr, Westphal MF, Johnson PJ, Rabosky AR Mol Ecol 19-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10530499
doi:10.1111/mec.17076
PMID:37466017
Plant‐associate interactions and diversification across trophic levels Yoder JB, Dang A, MacGregor C, Plaza M Evol Lett 18-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9554764
doi:10.1002/evl3.296
PMID:36254257
Taro raphide‐associated proteins: Allergens and crystal growth Paull RE, Zerpa‐Catanho D, Chen NJ, Uruu G, Wai CM, Kantar M Plant Direct 02-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9440338
doi:10.1002/pld3.443
PMID:36091877
Habitat use by female desert tortoises suggests tradeoffs between resource use and risk avoidance Nafus MG, Daly JA, Tuberville TD, Klimely AP, Buhlmann KA, Todd BD PLoS One 19-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9390940
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0263743
PMID:35984861
From coral reefs to Joshua trees: What ecological interactions teach us about the adaptive capacity of biodiversity in the Anthropocene Lagerstrom KM, Vance S, Cornwell BH, Ruffley M, Bellagio T, Exposito-Alonso M, Palumbi SR, Hadly EA Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 27-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9234817
doi:10.1098/rstb.2021.0389
PMID:35757872
Seed Menus: An integrated decision‐support framework for native plant restoration in the Mojave Desert Shryock DF, DeFalco LA, Esque TC Ecol Evol 12-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9005930
doi:10.1002/ece3.8805
PMID:35432931
Analyzing a phenological anomaly in Yucca of the southwestern United States Brenskelle L, Barve V, Majure LC, Guralnick RP, Li D Sci Rep 21-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8531367
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-00265-y
PMID:34675272
Parasitism to mutualism continuum for Joshua trees inoculated with different communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from a desert elevation gradient Harrower JT, Gilbert GS PLoS One 27-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8396742
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0256068
PMID:34449786
Revisiting the anatomy of the monocot cambium, a novel meristem Jura-Morawiec J, Oskolski A, Simpson P Planta 17-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8211609
doi:10.1007/s00425-021-03654-9
PMID:34142249
Linking behavioral states to landscape features for improved conservation management Sur M, Woodbridge B, Esque TC, Belthoff JR, Bloom PH, Fisher RN, Longshore K, Nussear KE, Tracey JA, Braham MA, Katzner TE Ecol Evol 25-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8216984
doi:10.1002/ece3.7621
PMID:34188860
Cycad-Weevil Pollination Symbiosis Is Characterized by Rapidly Evolving and Highly Specific Plant-Insect Chemical Communication Salzman S, Crook D, Calonje M, Stevenson DW, Pierce NE, Hopkins R Front Plant Sci 30-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8121082
doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.639368
PMID:33995438
Differences in dietary composition and preference maintained despite gene flow across a woodrat hybrid zone Nielsen DP, Matocq MD Ecol Evol 17-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8093690
doi:10.1002/ece3.7399
PMID:33976858
Editor profile: Siobhan M. Brady Shahan R Plant Cell 11-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC8136905
doi:10.1093/plcell/koaa050
PMID:33955488
Leaf Venation and Morphology Help Explain Physiological Variation in Yucca brevifolia and Hesperoyucca whipplei Across Microhabitats in the Mojave Desert, CA Jolly AR, Zailaa J, Farah U, Woojuh J, Libifani FM, Arzate D, Caranto CA, Correa Z, Cuba J, Calderon JD, Garcia N, Gastelum L, Gutierrez I, Haro M, Orozco M, Pinlac JL, Miranda A, Nava J, Nguyen C, Pedroza E, Perdomo J, Pezzini S, Yuen H, Scoffoni C Front Plant Sci 08-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7820123
doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.578338
PMID:33488640

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