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Beschorneria yuccoides (Beschorneria yuccoides)

Description

Beschorneria yuccoides is a species of succulent plants belonging to the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae.Beschorneria yuccoides is a stemless plant with 20 to 35 linear, lanceolate, leathery and widened at their base leaves. They are gray-green to green, about 40–60 centimetres (16–24 in) long and 3.3–3.5 centimetres (1.3–1.4 in) wide. The leaf margins are finely denticulate. The inflorescence reaches a height of 100–180 centimetres (39–71 in), with a maximum of 320 centimeters. The stem and the bract are red. The flowers are 40 to 50 millimeters long. The fruits are elongated to almost spherical, 30–40 millimetres (1.2–1.6 in) long and 15–25 millimetres (0.59–0.98 in) wide.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Asparagaceae

              • Genus: Beschorneria