Muilla

The genus Muilla includes four to five species of flowering plants.

Not to be confused with Milla, Mulla (disambiguation), or Milula.

Muilla
Muilla maritima
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Taxonomy

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]

Distribution

Muilla species are native to southwestern North America.[5][8]

Species
Current species [5][7][8][9]
ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Muilla coronata Greenecrowned muillaMojave Desert region in southeastern California and southern Nevada.[10]
Muilla lordsburgana P.J. AlexanderLordsburg noinoeastern fringe of the Chihuahuan Desert around Lordsburg Mesa in New Mexico.[11]
Muilla maritima (Torr.) S.Watson ex Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hookersea muillacentral and southern California; northern Baja California.[12]
Muilla transmontana GreeneGreat Basin muillaMojave Desert and Great Basin regions in southeastern and northeastern California and western Nevada.[13]
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. Jepson Manual (TJM2) treatment of Muilla, family Themidaceae . accessed 1 May 2016.
  6. Calflora Database: Themidaceae genera . accessed 1 May 2016.
  7. Calflora: Muilla, family Themidaceae . accessed 1 May 2016.
  8. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  9. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
  10. Calflora: Muilla coronata (Crowned muilla)
  11. biorxiv: Muilla lordsburgana (Lordsburg noino)
  12. Calflora: Muilla maritima (Sea muilla, Common muilla)
  13. Calflora: Muilla transmontana (Great basin muilla, Inland muilla)
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