''Yucca periculosa''
[Baker, Garden Chronicle 1870: 1088. 1870] is a plant in the family
Asparagaceae with the common name izote (pronounced "ee-SOH-tay"). It is native to the Mexican states of
Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
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Morelos,
Guerrero
Guerrero is one of the 32 states that comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo and its largest city is Acapulcocopied from article, GuerreroAs of 2020, Guerrero the pop ...
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Puebla and
Oaxaca
Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...
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''Yucca periculosa'' is a large, branched, arborescent species up to 6 m tall with creamy white flowers.
[Voss, Andreas. 1895. Vilmorins Blumengärtnerei ... Dritte neubearbeite Auflage 1: 1058, ''Yucca baccata'' fo. ''periculosa'']
References
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periculosa
Plants described in 1870
Flora of Veracruz
Flora of Morelos
Flora of Guerrero
Flora of Puebla
Flora of Oaxaca
Taxa named by John Gilbert Baker