Androstephium

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Androstephium
Androstephium coeruleum.jpg
blue funnel lily
Androstephium coeruleum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Brodiaeoideae
Genus: Androstephium
Torr.
Type species
Androstephium violaceum
(syn of A. coeruleum)

The genus Androstephium is a group of North American plants in the cluster lily subfamily within the asparagus family. [2] It contains two species native to the southwestern and south-central United States. [3] [1] [4]

Species [3]
ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Funnel lily, Androstephium breviflorum (15262274253).jpg Androstephium breviflorum S.Watsonpink funnel lilydeserts of Arizona, Utah, southeastern California, southern Nevada, northwestern New Mexico, western Colorado, southern Wyoming
BlueFunnelLily plant.png Androstephium coeruleum (Scheele) Greeneblue funnel lilygrasslands of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas

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References

  1. 1 2 Flora of North America, v 26 p 333, Androstephium Torrey in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 218. 1859.
  2. Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Brodiaeoideae
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps