Biology:Androstephium
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Androstephium | |
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| blue funnel lily Androstephium coeruleum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Brodiaeoideae |
| Genus: | Androstephium Torr. |
| Type species | |
| Androstephium violaceum (syn of A. coeruleum) | |
The genus Androstephium is a group of North American plants in the cluster lily subfamily within the asparagus family.[2] It contains two species native to the southwestern and south-central United States .[3][1][4]
- Species[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Androstephium breviflorum S.Watson | pink funnel lily | deserts of Arizona, Utah, southeastern California , southern Nevada, northwestern New Mexico, western Colorado, southern Wyoming |
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Androstephium coeruleum (Scheele) Greene | blue funnel lily | grasslands of Texas , Oklahoma, Kansas |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flora of North America, v 26 p 333, Androstephium Torrey in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 218. 1859.
- ↑ Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Brodiaeoideae, http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#Themidaceae
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
External links
- US Department of Agriculture plants profile, Androstephium breviflorum S. Watson pink funnel lily
- US Department of Agriculture plants profile, Androstephium coeruleum (Scheele) Greene blue funnel lily
- Calflora, University of California at Berkeley, Taxon Report 352
- Southwest Colorado Wildflowers
- Pacific Bulb Society
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas, Androstephium caeruleum
- Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Plant Image Gallery: Androstephium coeruleum
Wikidata ☰ Q2711312 entry
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