Calochortus coeruleus

Calochortus coeruleus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Calochortus
Species: C. coeruleus
Binomial name
Calochortus coeruleus[1][2][3][4]
(Kellogg) S. Wats.
Synonyms[5]
  • Calochortus caeruleus common misspelling[6][7]
  • Cyclobothra coerulea Kellogg[8]
  • Cyclobothra elegans [9][10]
  • 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,[6] 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][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

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


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