Muilla
| Muilla | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Muilla maritima | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Brodiaeoideae |
| Genus: | Muilla S.Watson ex Benth. |
| Type species | |
| Muilla maritima S.Watson ex Benth. | |
The genus Muilla includes three to four species of flowering plants.
Taxonomy
The genus name is an anagram of Allium (in fact, the letters are in exact reverse order), the onion genus, for the flowers' resemblance.[1]
In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae.[2][3] The subfamily has also been treated as a separate family Themidaceae.[4][5][6][7]
Distribution
Muilla species are native to southwestern North America.[5][8]
Species
- Muilla coronata Greene — crowned muilla − Mojave Desert region in southeastern California and southern Nevada. [10]
- Muilla maritima (Torr.) S.Watson ex Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker — sea muilla − central and southern California; northern Baja California. [11]
- Muilla transmontana Greene — Great Basin muilla − Mojave Desert and Great Basin regions in southeastern and northeastern California and western Nevada. [12]
- Formerly included species
- Muilla clevelandii (S.Watson) Hoover — synonym of Bloomeria clevelandii S.Watson
References
- ↑ Jepson Manual (TJM2) Key to Muilla species . accessed 1 May 2016.
- ↑ Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x
- ↑ Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Allioideae
- ↑ Jepson Herbarium, Jepson Manual (TJM2): Key to Themidaceae genera . accessed 29 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 Jepson Manual (TJM2) treatment of Muilla, family Themidaceae . accessed 1 May 2016.
- ↑ Calflora Database: Themidaceae genera . accessed 1 May 2016.
- 1 2 Calflora: Muilla, family Themidaceae . accessed 1 May 2016.
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
- ↑ Calflora: Muilla coronata (Crowned muilla)
- ↑ Calflora: Muilla maritima (Sea muilla, Common muilla)
- ↑ Calflora: Muilla transmontana (Great basin muilla, Inland muilla)
External links
- Calflora Database: Muilla species
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Muilla
- USDA Plants Profile for Muilla
- Flora of North America: Muilla
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