Muilla | |
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Muilla maritima | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Brodiaeoideae |
Genus: |
Muilla S.Watson ex Benth. |
Type species | |
Muilla maritima |
Muilla is a genus of monocots in the family Asparagaceae. It includes four to five species of flowering plants.
The genus name is a taxonomic anagram of Allium (in fact, the letters are in exact reverse order), the onion genus, for the flowers' resemblance. [1]
In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae. [2] [3] The subfamily has also been treated as a separate family Themidaceae. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Muilla species are native to southwestern North America. [5] [8]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Muilla coronata Greene | crowned muilla | Mojave Desert region in southeastern California and southern Nevada. [10] | |
Muilla lordsburgana P.J. Alexander | Lordsburg noino | eastern fringe of the Chihuahuan Desert around Lordsburg Mesa in New Mexico. [11] | |
Muilla maritima (Torr.) S.Watson ex Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker | sea muilla | central and southern California; northern Baja California. [12] | |
Muilla transmontana Greene | Great Basin muilla | Mojave Desert and Great Basin regions in southeastern and northeastern California and western Nevada. [13] |