Biology:Calochortus coeruleus

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Calochortus coeruleus
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Vulnerable (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Calochortus
Species:
C. coeruleus
Binomial name
Calochortus coeruleus
(Kellogg) S.Wats.[2][3][4][5]
Synonyms[11]
  • Calochortus caeruleus common misspelling[6][7]
  • Cyclobothra coerulea Kellogg[8]
  • Cyclobothra elegans Torr.[9][10]
  • Calochortus maweanus Leichtlin ex Baker
  • Cyclobothra maweama (Leichtlin ex Baker) Tubergen
  • Calochortus coeruleus var. maweanus (Leichtlin ex Baker) Jeps.
  • Calochortus coeruleus var. fimbriatus Ownbey

Calochortus coeruleus,[3][4][5] often misspelled as Calochortus caeruleus,[6] is a bulbous plant of the lily family. It is known by the common name beavertail grass or blue star tulip.[12]

Description

The plant is endemic to California . It is found only in the North California Coast Ranges, Southern Cascade Range, and Northern Sierra Nevada.[13]

Calochortus coeruleus is a distinctive plant bearing flowers with light blue spade-shaped petals covered in brushlike hairs.[13]

Taxonomy

The botanical name Calochortus caeruleus is not accepted, being an orthographic variant (misspelling) of Calochortus coeruleus.[2][6] Watson in coining the name in 1875 spelled it "caeruleus" but he also cited Kellogg's 1863 name Cyclobothra coerulea as basionym.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.134531. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 ITIS Standard Report Page: Calochortus coeruleus
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jepson: Calochortus caeruleus . accessed 4.15.2015
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 USDA: Calochortus caeruleus. accessed 4.15.2015
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Calflora: Calochortus caeruleus . accessed 4.15.2015
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 ITIS Report: Orthographic variant, Calochortus caeruleus
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Watson, Sereno 1879 Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 263 as Calochortus caeruleus
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Kellogg, Albert 1863. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2: 4
  9. ↑ Torr. 1857, illegitimate homonym not (Pursh) Benth. ex Lindl. 1834 nor (Pursh) Benth. 1835
  10. ↑ Tropicos, search for Cyclobothra elegans
  11. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  12. ↑ Calflora taxon report, Calochortus coeruleus (Kellogg) S. Watson blue star tulip
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 124 Calochortus coeruleus (Kellogg) S. Watson

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1119223 entry




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