Jepson Flora Project: Jepson Interchange for California Floristics    
click for enlargement
Yucca whipplei Torr.
AGAVACEAE (genus previously included in Liliaceae)
·

Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Initial Editorial Analysis 26 Aug 2010
Source of Report for California The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 9 Sep 2002 e-mail from Jeff Greenhouse see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that morphological and molecular data (e.g. Clary, K. H. and B. B. Simpson, Bol. Soc. Bot. México 56: 77-88, 1995) support recognition of Yucca whipplei in a separate genus, as Hesperoyucca whipplei (Torrey) Trelease, published in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 208. 1893 [authors and places of publication discussed by Greenhouse and Strother (Madrono 49: 20-21, 2002)].
Correspondence 2 Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] by William J. Hess see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence 2 indicates that for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Yucca whipplei Torr. is to be treated as a synonym of Hesperoyucca whipplei (Torr.) Trel..
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary rejection, different genus since The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
Current Status JFP-1a, taxonomic or nomenclatural synonym for taxon native to CA
Current Name Hesperoyucca whipplei (Torr.) Trel.
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 26 Aug 2010
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Yucca
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Yucca

Resources of the Jepson Flora Project: External links:
·Distribution maps: County distribution based on CCH specimens
Manual imageJepson eFlora
link image
Manual imageArchived Indexes from The Jepson Manual (1993; TJM1)
link image Jepson's "A Flora of California"
Site Search Search this site in Google for other references
calphotos logo 2Cal Photos images
Common names
link image IPNI
link image Tropicos Taxonomic information from the Missouri Botanical Garden
Calflora: Taxon report · Distribution · Observations
link image KBD Kew Bibliographic Database
link image RSA seed images
GBIF GBIF
Google Scholar Google Scholar
Google Books
link image JSTOR Plant Science

iNaturalist.org
Please use this Google Form for Feedback