Dichelostemma

Dichelostemma capitatum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Brodiaeoideae
Genus: Dichelostemma
Species: D. capitatum – D. congestum – D. ida-maia – D. multiflorum – D. volubile

Nothospecies: D. × venustum

Name

Dichelostemma Kunth, 1843

• Type species: Brodiaea congesta Sm.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Rhytidea Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1856: 420 (1856).
  • Stropholirion Torr., Pacif. Railr. Rep. Whipple, Bot. 4(5; 4): 149 (1857).
  • Rupalleya Morière, Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie 8: 317 (1864).
  • Brevoortia Alph.Wood, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 18: 81 (1867).
  • Macroscapa Kellogg ex Curran, Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1(3): 148 (1885).
  • Dipterostemon Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 110 (1912).

References

• Kunth, C.S., 1843. Enum. Pl. 4: 469

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Dichelostemma in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Dichelostemma. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 16 2019. Reference page.
• The Plant List 2013. Dichelostemma in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 16.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Dichelostemma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Jan. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: bluedicks

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