Yucca gigantea Lem. ??
Thank you
Saroj Kasaju

On Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 2:14:05 PM UTC+5:45 Ushadi wrote:

> Yucca rigida or luminosa  because of leaf overall .. and the smoothish 
> bark..
> but that's not the taxonomic key based diagnosis...
> that's as far as i will go...  not a written instone diagnosis... though, 
> can be changed...
>
> if there is enough argument about other diagnosis  I have no problem...
>
>
> But before its doe good proof is what is needed to be really scientific...
>
> *BESIDES *: Yuccas developed during the Eocene epoch  and so did its 
> pollinator moths..
>
> giving rise to soooo many closely related taxa... that it takes a lot of 
> laboratory based detailed dedicated lifetimes of studies..
>
> I am not going to do a final diagnosis based on these pictures taken in 
> touristy  episode..
>
> Its nice to take these pictures, makes interesting documentation of 
> different flora and fauna seen during trips and very interesting to share 
> with family , friends and some forum.
>
> I welcome them, and often look forward to them , often with some great 
> eagerness, but...
>
> 40 million years of development .. belies my knowledge...
>
>
> I am not going to guess or argue about the species id.. in this case.  My 
> knowledge goes so far , that's it..
>
> Only , if some guy or gal  in the southwest USA who has studied these all 
> his/her scientific  life or grown them with equal zeal and knowledge ... I 
> welcome his or her opinion  regarding a Joshua tree or its relative which 
> may not qualify to be called a joshua tree.
>
> usha di
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 8:08 AM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>
>> Narain Singh Ji,
>> Thanks for the id.
>> Will wait for validation between the two suggested ids.
>> Regards,
>> Aarti
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Narain Singh Chauhan <[email protected]
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Yucca gloriosa.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 6:26 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. 
>>>>
>>>> Some earlier relevant feedback:
>>>> blue yucca y. rigida
>>>> it branches after the first flowering and  keeps on producing flowers 
>>>> in the new rosettes of leaves
>>>> i would like to see the leaf tips in the older rosettes, not the one 
>>>> with flowers..
>>>>
>>>> usha di                                          
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot Usha Di.
>>>> Here is the close-up of the lower leaves near the trunk.
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Aarti 
>>>>
>>>> The Plant List gives the following:
>>>> *Yucca* *rigida* (Engelm.) Trel. 
>>>> <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-291732> [Illegitimate] 
>>>> (Unresolved)- syn. of *Yucca luminosa ined..* 
>>>> <http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=460433> as per WCSP 
>>>> <http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=291732>
>>>> *Yucca* *×* *rigida* Deleuil ex André 
>>>> <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-312254> is a synonym 
>>>> <http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/about/#synonym> of *Yucca* *×* 
>>>> *andreana* Deleuil ex André 
>>>> <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-312233>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>
>>>> Date: 5 November 2014 18:10
>>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:205277] Ornamental Tree For ID : California : 
>>>> 05NOV14 : AK-14
>>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ornamental Tree, probably Yucca Species seen in Fremont on 28/9/14.
>>>> With White flowers.
>>>> If Yucca, never seen one so big.
>>>> Aarti
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