| Muilla | |
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| Muilla maritima | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| 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.
Taxonomy
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.23 The subfamily has also been treated as a separate family Themidaceae.4567
Distribution
Muilla species are native to southwestern North America.58
Species
| 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 |
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Muilla lordsburgana P.J. Alexander | Lordsburg noino | eastern fringe of the Chihuahuan Desert around Lordsburg Mesa in New Mexico.11 |
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Muilla maritima (Torr.) S.Watson ex Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker | sea muilla | central and southern California; northern Baja California.12 |
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Muilla transmontana Greene | Great Basin muilla | Mojave Desert and Great Basin regions in southeastern and northeastern California and western Nevada.13 |
- Formerly included species
- Muilla clevelandii (S.Watson) Hoover — synonym of Bloomeria clevelandii S.Watson
References
References
- Jepson Manual (TJM2) Key to Muilla species . accessed 1 May 2016.
- 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
- Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Allioideae
- Jepson Herbarium, Jepson Manual (TJM2): Key to Themidaceae genera . accessed 29 April 2016.
- Jepson Manual (TJM2) treatment of Muilla, family Themidaceae . accessed 1 May 2016.
- Calflora Database: Themidaceae genera . accessed 1 May 2016.
- Calflora: Muilla, family Themidaceae . accessed 1 May 2016.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
- Calflora: Muilla coronata (Crowned muilla)
- biorxiv: Muilla lordsburgana (Lordsburg noino)
- Calflora: Muilla maritima (Sea muilla, Common muilla)
- Calflora: Muilla transmontana (Great basin muilla, Inland muilla)