Calochortus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Liliales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Liliales

Familia: Liliaceae
Subfamilia: Calochortoideae
Genus: Calochortus
Sectiones: (3)
C. sect. Calochortus – C. sect. Cyclobothra – C. sect. Mariposa

Overview of species (76)

C. albus – C. amabilis – C. ambiguus – C. amoenus – C. apiculatus – C. argillosus – C. aureus – C. balsensis – C. barbatus – C. bruneaunis – C. catalinae – C. cernuus – C. ciscoensis – C. clavatus – C. coeruleus – C. concolor – C. coxii – C. dunnii – C. elegans – C. eurycarpus – C. excavatus – C. exilis – C. fimbriatus – C. flexuosus – C. foliosus – C. fuscus – C. ghiesbreghtii – C. greenei – C. gunnisonii – C. hartwegii – C. howellii – C. invenustus – C. kennedyi – C. leichtlinii – C. longibarbatus – C. luteus – C. lyallii – C. macrocarpus – C. marcellae – C. mendozae – C. minimus – C. monanthus – C. monophyllus – C. nigrescens – C. nitidus – C. nudus – C. nuttallii – C. obispoensis – C. occidentalis – C. ownbeyi – C. palmeri – C. panamintensis – C. persistens – C. plummerae – C. pringlei – C. pulchellus – C. purpureus – C. raichei – C. rustvoldii – C. simulans – C. spatulatus – C. splendens – C. striatus – C. subalpinus – C. superbus – C. syntrophus – C. tiburonensis – C. tolmiei – C. umbellatus – C. umpquaensis – C. uniflorus – C. venustulus – C. venustus – C. vestae – C. weedii – C. westonii

Nothospecies: (1)

C. × indecorus

Name

Calochortus Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 240 (1814)

Type species: Calochortus elegans Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 240 (1814)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
- Cyclobothra D.Don in R.Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 3: t. 273. (1828)
- Mariposa (Alph.Wood) Hoover, Leafl. W. Bot. 4: 1. (1944)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia.
- Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming.
- North-Central U.S.A.
  - North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota.
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah.
- South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas.
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Guatemala.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Pursh, F.T. 1813 "1814". Flora Americae Septentrionalis, or, A systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America. Vol. 1. xxxv + 358 pp., London: White, Cochrance, and co. BHL Reference page. : 240.

Additional references

Ownbey, F.M. 1940. A monograph of the genus Calochortus. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 371-560 BHL
Patterson, T.B. & Givnish, T.J. (2003). Geographic cohesion, chromosomal evolution, parallel adaptive radiations, and consequent floral adaptations in Calochortus (Calochortaceae): evidence from a cpDNA phylogeny. New Phytologist 161(1): 253–264 PDF

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Calochortus. Accessed: 2024 Apr 19.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Calochortus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Apr 19. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. Calochortus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Apr 19. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Calochortus. Accessed: 19 Apr 2024.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Calochortus. Published online. Accessed: 19 Apr 2024.
Tropicos.org 2024. Calochortus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Apr 2024.

Vernacular names

български: Калохортус
Deutsch: Mormonentulpen
English: Mariposa lily
latviešu: Tauriņlilijas
polski: Trójednik
русский: Калохортус
українська: Калохортус
中文: 仙灯属, 丽草属, 蝴蝶百合属

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