Calochortus coeruleus

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
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[6]
  • Calochortus caeruleus common misspelling[7][8]
  • Cyclobothra coerulea Kellogg[9]
  • Cyclobothra elegans Torr.[10][11]
  • 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,[3][4][5] often misspelled as Calochortus caeruleus,[7] is a bulbous plant of the lily family. It is known by the common name beavertail grass or blue star tulip.[12]

Description

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

The botanical name Calochortus caeruleus is not accepted, being an orthographic variant (misspelling) of Calochortus coeruleus.[2][7] Watson in coining the name in 1875 spelled it "caeruleus" but he also cited Kellogg's 1863 name Cyclobothra coerulea as basionym.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
  2. 1 2 ITIS Standard Report Page: Calochortus coeruleus
  3. 1 2 Jepson: Calochortus caeruleus . accessed 4.15.2015
  4. 1 2 USDA: Calochortus caeruleus. accessed 4.15.2015
  5. 1 2 Calflora: Calochortus caeruleus . accessed 4.15.2015
  6. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  7. 1 2 3 ITIS Report: Orthographic variant, Calochortus caeruleus
  8. 1 2 Watson, Sereno 1879 Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 263 as Calochortus caeruleus
  9. 1 2 Kellogg, Albert 1863. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2: 4
  10. ↑ Torr. 1857, illegitimate homonym not (Pursh) Benth. ex Lindl. 1834 nor (Pursh) Benth. 1835
  11. ↑ Tropicos, search for Cyclobothra elegans
  12. ↑ Calflora taxon report, Calochortus coeruleus (Kellogg) S. Watson blue star tulip
  13. 1 2 Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 124 Calochortus coeruleus (Kellogg) S. Watson


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