Calochortus coeruleus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Genus: | Calochortus |
| Species: | C. coeruleus
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| Calochortus coeruleus | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
- ^ a b ITIS Standard Report Page: Calochortus coeruleus
- ^ a b Jepson: Calochortus caeruleus . accessed 4.15.2015
- ^ a b USDA: Calochortus caeruleus. accessed 4.15.2015
- ^ a b Calflora: Calochortus caeruleus . accessed 4.15.2015
- ^ a b c ITIS Report: Orthographic variant, Calochortus caeruleus
- ^ a b Watson, Sereno 1879 Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 263 as Calochortus caeruleus
- ^ a b Kellogg, Albert 1863. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2: 4
- ^ Torr. 1857, illegitimate homonym not (Pursh) Benth. ex Lindl. 1834 nor (Pursh) Benth. 1835
- ^ Tropicos, search for Cyclobothra elegans
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Calflora taxon report, Calochortus coeruleus (Kellogg) S. Watson blue star tulip
- ^ a b Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 124 Calochortus coeruleus (Kellogg) S. Watson
External links
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Media related to Calochortus coeruleus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Calochortus coeruleus at Wikispecies- Calflora database: Calochortus coeruleus (blue star tulip)
- Jepson eFlora (TJM2) Treatment of ''Calochortus coeruleus
- USDA Plants Profile for Calochortus coeruleus (beavertail grass)
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- NatureServe vulnerable species
- Calochortus
- Endemic flora of California
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Plants described in 1863
- Taxa named by Albert Kellogg
- Taxa named by Sereno Watson
- Liliales stubs