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

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

Current species [5][7][8][9]
  1. Muilla coronata Greene — crowned muilla − Mojave Desert region in southeastern California and southern Nevada.[10]
  2. Muilla maritima (Torr.) S.Watson ex Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker — sea muilla − central and southern California; northern Baja California.[11]
  3. Muilla transmontana Greene — Great Basin muilla − Mojave Desert and Great Basin regions in southeastern and northeastern California and western Nevada.[12]
Formerly included species

References

  1. ↑ Jepson Manual (TJM2) Key to Muilla species . accessed 1 May 2016.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Allioideae
  4. ↑ Jepson Herbarium, Jepson Manual (TJM2): Key to Themidaceae genera . accessed 29 April 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 Jepson Manual (TJM2) treatment of Muilla, family Themidaceae . accessed 1 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Calflora Database: Themidaceae genera . accessed 1 May 2016.
  7. 1 2 Calflora: Muilla, family Themidaceae . accessed 1 May 2016.
  8. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  9. ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
  10. ↑ Calflora: Muilla coronata (Crowned muilla)
  11. ↑ Calflora: Muilla maritima (Sea muilla, Common muilla)
  12. ↑ Calflora: Muilla transmontana (Great basin muilla, Inland muilla)
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