Beschorneria yuccoides

The epithet yuccoides is a compound of the botanical name of the genus Yucca and the Greek suffix -ό-εἶδος (o-eidos) oides meaning "likeness".Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg 2010, {{ISBN|978-3-642-05597-3}}, S. 263.

• Beschorneria yuccoides subsp. yuccoides
• Beschorneria yuccoides subsp. dekosteriana (K.Koch) Govaerts

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Beschorneria yuccoides is a stemless plant with 20 to 35 linear, lanceolate, leathery leaves that are widened at their base. They are gray-green to green, about {{convert|40|-|60|cm|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|3.3|-|3.5|cm|abbr=on}} wide. The leaf margins are finely denticulate. The inflorescence reaches a height of {{convert|100|-|180|cm|abbr=on}}, with a maximum of {{convert|320 |cm|in|abbr=on}}. The stem and the bract are red. The flowers are 40 to 50 mm long. The fruits are elongated to almost spherical, {{convert|30|-|40|mm|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|15|-|25|mm|abbr=on}} wide.RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. {{ISBN|1405332964}}{{GRIN | accessdate = 23 January 2018}}

Beschorneria yuccoides is present in Mexico,[http://eol.org/pages/1086235/overview Encyclopedia of Life] in the states of Hidalgo, Puebla and Veracruz, at an elevation of {{convert|2700|-|3000|m|abbr=on}} above sea level.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1bjwYOO_Zt0C&dq=Beschorneria+yuccoides+hidalgo+puebla+veracruz&pg=PA77|title=Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons|date=17 July 2001|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|last=Eggli|first=Urs|isbn=9783540416920 }}

This plant is not tolerant of severe freezes, and is best suited to warm, sheltered south- or west-facing places in full sun, where temperatures do not fall below {{convert|-5|C|F}}. Alternatively, it can be grown under glass.

It grows outdoors at Earlscliffe, Howth, County Dublin, Ireland, at a latitude of 53.3º N, where it benefits from the unusually favourable microclimate.{{cite web

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In cultivation in the UK it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web | url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/27870/i-Beschorneria-yuccoides-i/Details

| title = RHS Plantfinder - Beschorneria yuccoides

| publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | accessdate=12 January 2018}}

{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id507865/ Biolib]
• Urs Eggli [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_family=&find_genus=Beschorneria&find_species=yuccoides&find_infrafamily=&find_infragenus=&find_infraspecies=&find_authorAbbrev=&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_publicationTitle=&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch The International Plant Names Index]

{{Commons}}

• [http://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=251 San Marcos Growers]
• [http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Beschorneria-yuccoides.html Cool Tropical Plants]

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Category:Agavoideae

Category:Flora of Mexico

Category:Garden plants

Category:Taxa named by Karl Koch

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