Yucca grandiflora
| Sahualiqui | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Yucca |
| Species: | Y. grandiflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Yucca grandiflora | |
Yucca grandiflora Gentry[1] is a plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to the Sierra Madre Occidental in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora.[2][3][4]
Common names include Sahualiqui and Large-flowered Yucca. The Pima Bajo peoples of the region sometimes eat the immature fruits.[5]
References
- ^ H.S. Gentry, Madrono 14: 51-53. 1957.
- ^ Gentry, H.S. 1972 The Agave family in Sonora. USDA Agricultural Handbook 399.
- ^ Southwestern Biodiversity Yucca grandiflora, map
- ^ Laferrière, Joseph E. 1994. Vegetation and flora of the Mountain Pima village of Nabogame, Chihuahua, Mexico. Phytologia 77:102-140.
- ^ Laferrière, Joseph E., Charles W. Weber and Edwin A. Kohlhepp. 1991. Use and nutritional composition of some traditional Mountain Pima plant foods. Journal of Ethnobiology 11(1):93-114.