A First Record of Yucca Aloifolia L. (Agavaceae/ Asparagaceae) Naturalized in South Africa With Notes on Its Uses and Reproductive Biology

Gideon F. Smith; Estrela Figueiredo; Neil R. Crouch

doi:10.2985/1070-0048-17.1.11

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Gideon F. Smith,¹ Estrela Figueiredo,² Neil R. Crouch³

¹Office of the Chief Director: Biosystematics Research & Biodiversity Collections South African National Biodiversity Institute Private Bag X101, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa Acocks Chair, H.G.W.J. Schweickerdt Herbarium, Department of Plant Scienc
²Department of Botany, P.O. Box 77000, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, 6031 South Africa Centre for Functional Ecology, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Universidade de Coimbra, 3001-455 Coimbra, Portugal (email: ). estrelafig
³Ethnobotany Unit South African National Biodiversity Institute P.O. Box 52099, Berea Road, 4007 South Africa School of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban, 4041 South Africa (email: ) n.crouch@sanbi.org.za

Abstract

Although several species of Agave L. (Agavaceae/Asparagaceae) are known to have become established in southern Africa, particularly South Africa, this is the first time that evidence supported by herbarium specimens is documented for the occurrence of the agavoid Yucca aloifolia L. in the region. Notes are provided on the reproductive biology and uses of Y. aloifolia, with emphasis on South Africa.

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Gideon F. Smith, Estrela Figueiredo, and Neil R. Crouch "A First Record of Yucca Aloifolia L. (Agavaceae/ Asparagaceae) Naturalized in South Africa With Notes on Its Uses and Reproductive Biology," Haseltonia 2012(17), 87-93, (1 January 2012). https://doi.org/10.2985/1070-0048-17.1.11

Published: 1 January 2012

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