| Yucca elata | |
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| Large soaptree yucca | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Yucca |
| Species: | Y. elata
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| Binomial name | |
| Yucca elata | |
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Yucca elata is a perennial plant, with common names that include soaptree, soaptree yucca, soapweed, and palmella.[3][4] It is native to southwestern North America, in the Sonoran Desert and Chihuahuan Desert in the United States (western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona), southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, and northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora, Nuevo León).[5][6] Yucca elata is widely distributed, although its population appears to be decreasing.[1]
- ^ a b Hodgson, W.; Salywon, A. (2020). "Yucca elata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T117423218A117470022. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T117423218A117470022.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
- ^ Common names of yucca species
- ^ "Yucca elata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ Biota of North America Project, Yucca elata
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