Triteleiopsis

Triteleiopsis, common name Bajalily or blue sand lily, is a genus of one known species of flowering plant found in Sonora, Baja California and southwestern Arizona.[1] In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae (formerly the family Themidaceae).[2]

Triteleiopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Brodiaeoideae
Genus: Triteleiopsis
Hoover[1]
Species:
T. palmeri
Binomial name
Triteleiopsis palmeri
(S.Watson) Hoover
Synonyms[1]
  • Brodiaea palmeri (S.Watson)
  • Triteleia palmeri (S.Watson) Greene

The only known species is the bulbous plant Triteleiopsis palmeri,[3] with the common name Palmer's Bajalily.[4]

References
  1. "Triteleiopsis", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2011-05-26
  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. Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993), Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística, vol. 1, Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F., pp. 1–76
  4. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Triteleiopsis palmeri". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 December 2015.


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