Muilla

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

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

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