Calochortus monanthus

Calochortus monanthus is a presumed extinct North American species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common names single-flowered mariposa lily and Shasta River mariposa lily. It was endemic to northern California.[2][3][4][5]

Calochortus monanthus

Presumed Extinct  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Calochortus
Species:
C. monanthus
Binomial name
Calochortus monanthus

It is presumed extinct, having been collected and documented once over a century ago and never found again. The single known specimen was collected by botanist Edward Lee Greene from a meadow on the banks of the Shasta River, near Yreka in Siskiyou County, California, in June 1876.[3]

Description

Calochortus monanthus had an unbranching stem and an inflorescence of a single erect, bell-shaped flower on a long peduncle. The flower had three sepals about 4 centimeters long and three toothed petals each between 4 and 5 centimeters. The petals were pinkish with a dark red spot at each base.[6]

References
  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
  2. Calflora taxon report, University of California, Calochortus monanthus Ownbey single flowered mariposa lily
  3. Ownbey, Francis Marion 1940. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 27(4): page 465
  4. Ownbey, Francis Marion 1940. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 27(4): plate 39 full-page line-drawing of Calochortus monanthus
  5. Tropicos, Calochortus monanthus Ownbey
  6. Flora of North America, Calochortus monanthus'


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