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Calochortus coeruleus

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Calochortus coeruleus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Calochortus
Species:
C. coeruleus
Binomial name
Calochortus coeruleus
Synonyms[10]
  • Calochortus caeruleus common misspelling[5][6]
  • Cyclobothra coerulea Kellogg[7]
  • Cyclobothra elegans Torr.[8][9]
  • Calochortus maweanus Leichtlin ex Baker
  • Cyclobothra maweama (Leichtlin ex Baker) Tubergen
  • Calochortus coeruleus var. maweanus (Leichtlin ex Baker) Jeps.
  • Calochortus coeruleus var. fimbriatus Ownbey

Calochortus coeruleus,[2][3][4] often misspelled as Calochortus caeruleus,[5] is a bulbous plant of the lily family. It is known by the common name beavertail grass or blue star tulip.[11]

Description

The plant is endemic to California. It is found only in the North California Coast Ranges, Southern Cascade Range, and Northern Sierra Nevada.[12]

Calochortus coeruleus is a distinctive plant bearing flowers with light blue spade-shaped petals covered in brushlike hairs.[12]

Taxonomy

The botanical name Calochortus caeruleus is not accepted, being an orthographic variant (misspelling) of Calochortus coeruleus.[1][5] Watson in coining the name in 1875 spelled it "caeruleus" but he also cited Kellogg's 1863 name Cyclobothra coerulea as basionym.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b ITIS Standard Report Page: Calochortus coeruleus
  2. ^ a b Jepson: Calochortus caeruleus . accessed 4.15.2015
  3. ^ a b USDA: Calochortus caeruleus. accessed 4.15.2015
  4. ^ a b Calflora: Calochortus caeruleus . accessed 4.15.2015
  5. ^ a b c ITIS Report: Orthographic variant, Calochortus caeruleus
  6. ^ a b Watson, Sereno 1879 Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 263 as Calochortus caeruleus
  7. ^ a b Kellogg, Albert 1863. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2: 4
  8. ^ Torr. 1857, illegitimate homonym not (Pursh) Benth. ex Lindl. 1834 nor (Pursh) Benth. 1835
  9. ^ Tropicos, search for Cyclobothra elegans
  10. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  11. ^ Calflora taxon report, Calochortus coeruleus (Kellogg) S. Watson blue star tulip
  12. ^ a b Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 124 Calochortus coeruleus (Kellogg) S. Watson


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