Muilla
Muilla
Genus of flowering plants in the asparagus family
Muilla is a genus of monocots in the family Asparagaceae. It includes four to five species of flowering plants.
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Muilla | |
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Muilla maritima | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Brodiaeoideae |
Genus: | Muilla S.Watson ex Benth. |
Type species | |
Muilla maritima |
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The genus name is a taxonomic 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]
Muilla species are native to southwestern North America.[5][8]
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Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Muilla coronata Greene | crowned muilla | Mojave Desert region in southeastern California and southern Nevada.[10] | |
Muilla lordsburgana P.J. Alexander | Lordsburg noino | eastern fringe of the Chihuahuan Desert around Lordsburg Mesa in New Mexico.[11] | |
Muilla maritima (Torr.) S.Watson ex Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker | sea muilla | central and southern California; northern Baja California.[12] | |
Muilla transmontana Greene | Great Basin muilla | Mojave Desert and Great Basin regions in southeastern and northeastern California and western Nevada.[13] | |
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- Formerly included species
- Muilla clevelandii (S.Watson) Hoover — synonym of Bloomeria clevelandii S.Watson
- 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.
- Jepson Manual (TJM2) treatment of Muilla, family Themidaceae . accessed 1 May 2016.
- Calflora Database: Themidaceae genera . accessed 1 May 2016.
- Calflora: Muilla, family Themidaceae . accessed 1 May 2016.