Calochortus albus

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Calochortus albus']

• English: White fairy-lantern
• العربية: حشيشة الجميل
• Deutsch: Weiße Mormonentulpe
• 中文: 白花仙灯

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Liliales • Familia: Liliaceae • Genus: Calochortus • Species: Calochortus albus (Benth.) Douglas ex Benth. (1838

Synonyms

Basionym Cyclobothra alba Benth., Trans. Hort. Soc. London, II, 1: 413 (1834 publ. 1835) Heterotypic synonyms Cyclobothra paniculata Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 20: t. 1662 (1835) Calochortus albus var. paniculatus (Lindl.) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 304 (1874) Calochortus albus var. rubellus Greene, Erythea 1: 152 (1893) Calochortus englerianus Engl., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 318 (1899) Calochortus lanternus Davidson, Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 23: 126 (1924)

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Calochortus albus var. rubellus Greene (1893)

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Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Northern America  Regional: Mexico Mexico Northwest. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California.

References

Description of taxon

• Douglas, D. (1938) Botanist 2: no. 98.

Selected Bibliography

• Ownbey, M. (1940) A monograph of the genus Calochortus. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27, 371-560 [1]
• Patterson, T.B. & Givnish, T.J. (2003). Geographic cohesion, chromosomal evolution, parallel adaptive radiations, and consequent floral adaptations in Calochortus (Calochortaceae): evidence from a cpDNA phylogeny. New Phytologist 161(1): 253–264 [2] archive copy at the Wayback Machine

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Calochortus albus.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Calochortus albus
• eMonocot link: Calochortus albus
• Tropicos link: Calochortus albus
• International Plant Names Index link: Calochortus albus
• The Plant List link: Calochortus albus