Triteleiopsis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Brodiaeoideae |
| Genus: | Triteleiopsis Hoover[1] |
| Species: | T. palmeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Triteleiopsis palmeri | |
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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] with the common name Palmer's Bajalily.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "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, vol. 1, Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F., pp. 1–76
- ^ NRCS. "Triteleiopsis palmeri". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 December 2015.
External links
[edit]- 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