Androstephium
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|taxon = Androstephium
|image = Androstephium coeruleum.jpg
|image_caption = blue funnel lily
Androstephium coeruleum
|authority = Torr.
|type_species_authority = 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.{{citation |last=Stevens |first=P.F. |title=Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Brodiaeoideae |url=http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#Themidaceae }} It contains two species native to the southwestern and south-central United States.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=299128 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=101704 Flora of North America, v 26 p 333, Androstephium Torrey in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 218. 1859. ][http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Androstephium Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps]
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| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 120px | Androstephium breviflorum S.Watson | pink funnel lily | deserts of Arizona, Utah, southeastern California, southern Nevada, northwestern New Mexico, western Colorado, southern Wyoming |
| 120px | Androstephium coeruleum (Scheele) Greene | blue funnel lily | grasslands of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas |
References
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External links
- [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ANBR4 US Department of Agriculture plants profile, Androstephium breviflorum S. Watson pink funnel lily]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ANCO9 US Department of Agriculture plants profile, Androstephium coeruleum (Scheele) Greene blue funnel lily ]
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Androstephium+breviflorum Calflora, University of California at Berkeley, Taxon Report 352 ]
- [http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/White%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/androstephium%20breviflorum.htm Southwest Colorado Wildflowers]
- [http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Androstephium Pacific Bulb Society]
- [http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ANCA45 Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas, Androstephium caeruleum ]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140714195415/http://www.noble.org/apps/plantimagegallery/Plant.aspx?PlantID=361&IndexType=ScientificName&PlantMainName=Androstephium%20coeruleum&PlantTypeID=1 Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Plant Image Gallery: Androstephium coeruleum]
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