Triteleiopsis
| Triteleiopsis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Brodiaeoideae |
| Genus: | Triteleiopsis Hoover[1] |
| Binomial name | |
| Triteleiopsis palmeri (S.Watson) Hoover | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Triteleiopsis, common name Bajalily or blue sand lily, is a genus of one known species of flowering plant found in Sonora, Baja California and southwestern Arizona.[1] In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae (formerly the family Themidaceae).[2]
The only known species is the bulbous plant Triteleiopsis palmeri.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Triteleiopsis", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), retrieved 2011-05-26
- ↑ Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x
- ↑ Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993), Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1 (1), Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F., pp. 1–76
External links
- US Department of Agriculture plants profile, Triteleiopsis palmeri (S. Watson) Hoover Palmer's Bajalily
- Southwest Environmental Information Network Triteleiopsis palmeri range, description, photos
- Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association Sonoran Desert Plants Triteleiopsis palmeri (Blue sand lily)
- Snowbirdpix, Plants of the American Sonoran Desert, Triteleiopsis palmeri Blue Sand-lily