Yucca aloifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 319. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaica, Vera Cruce." RCN: 2508.

Lectotype (Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 140. 1983): [icon] " Yucca arborescens, foliis rigidioribus, rectis serratis " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 435, t. 323. f. 416. 1732.

Generitype of Yucca Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 146. 1929).

Current name: Yucca aloifolia L. ( Agavaceae).