Calochortus
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Calochortus

Diogenes' lantern
mariposa lily
purple fairy-lantern
smokey mariposa
star-tulip

Hierarchical position of the Genus Calochortus

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn.
pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.
  
   SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Colchicales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 59. 1829.
  
   Familia  Calochortaceae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 53. 1829.
   Genus  Calochortus Pursh
pub. (1814)
common name: mariposa lily

Named members of the Genus Calochortus

1
   Species  albus Dougl. ex Benth.
 
2
   Varietas  rubellus Greene
syn. Calochortus albus
3
   Species  amabilis Purdy
common name: Diogenes' lantern
4
   Species  ambiguus (M.E. Jones) Ownbey
common name: doubting mariposa lily
5
   Species  amoenus Greene
common name: purple fairy-lantern
6
   Species  apiculatus Baker
common name: pointedtip mariposa lily
7
   Species  argillosus (Hoover) R. Zebell & P. Fiedler
common name: clay mariposa lily
8
   Species  aureus S. Wats.
common name: golden mariposa lily
9
   Species  bruneaunis A. Nels. & J.F. Macbr.
common name: Bruneau mariposa lily
10
   Species  caeruleus (Kellogg) S. Wats.
 
11
   Varietas  fimbriatus Ownbey
syn. Calochortus caeruleus
12
   Varietas  maweanus (Leichtl.) Jepson
syn. Calochortus tolmiei
13
   Varietas  nanus (Wood) Ownbey
syn. Calochortus elegans var. nanus
14
   Varietas  westonii (Eastw.) Ownbey
syn. Calochortus westonii
15
   Species  catalinae S. Wats.
common name: Santa Catalina mariposa lily
16
   Species  clavatus S. Wats.
 
17
   Varietas  avius Jepson
common name: clubhair mariposa lily
18
   Varietas  clavatus
common name: clubhair mariposa lily
19
   Varietas  gracilis Ownbey
common name: slender mariposa lily
20
   Subspecies  pallidus (Hoover) Munz
syn. Calochortus clavatus var. pallidus
21
   Varietas  pallidus (Hoover) R. Fiedler & P. Zebell
common name: clubhair mariposa lily
22
   Subspecies  recurvifolius (Hoover) Munz
syn. Calochortus clavatus var. recurvifolius
23
   Varietas  recurvifolius (Hoover) R. Fiedler & P. Zebell
common name: Arroyo de la Cruz mariposa lily
24
   Species  coeruleus (Kellogg) S. Wats.
 
25
   Varietas  fimbriatus Ownbey [orthographic variant]
syn. Calochortus caeruleus
26
   Varietas  maweanus (Leichtl.) Jepson [orthographic variant]
syn. Calochortus tolmiei
27
   Varietas  nanus (Wood) Ownbey [orthographic variant]
syn. Calochortus elegans var. nanus
28
   Varietas  westonii (Eastw.) Ownbey [orthographic variant]
syn. Calochortus westonii
29
   Species  concolor (Baker) Purdy
common name: goldenbowl mariposa lily
30
   Species  coxii M. Godfrey & F. Callahan
common name: Cox's mariposa lily
31
   Species  davidsonianus Abrams
syn. Calochortus splendens
32
   Species  douglasianus J.H. Schultes
syn. Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
33
   Species  dunnii Purdy
common name: Dunn's mariposa lily
34
   Species  elegans Pursh
 
35
   Varietas  elegans
common name: elegant mariposa lily
36
   Varietas  lobbii Baker
syn. Calochortus tolmiei
37
   Varietas  nanus Wood
common name: elegant mariposa lily
38
   Varietas  oreophilus Ownbey
common name: elegant mariposa lily
39
   Varietas  selwayensis (St. John) Ownbey
common name: Selway mariposa lily
40
   Species  eurycarpus S. Wats.
common name: white mariposa lily
41
   Species  excavatus Greene
common name: Inyo County star-tulip
42
   Species  flexuosus S. Wats.
common name: winding mariposa lily
43
   Species  greenei S. Wats.
common name: Greene's mariposa lily
44
   Species  gunnisonii S. Wats.
 
45
   Varietas  gunnisonii
common name: Gunnison's mariposa lily
46
   Varietas  perpulcher Cockerell
common name: Gunnison's mariposa lily
47
   Species  howellii S. Wats.
common name: Howell's mariposa lily
48
   Species  indecorus Ownbey & M.E. Peck
common name: Sexton Mountain mariposa lily
49
   Species  invenustus Greene
common name: plain mariposa lily
50
   Species  kennedyi Porter
 
51
   Varietas  kennedyi
common name: desert mariposa lily
52
   Varietas  munzii Jepson
common name: desert mariposa lily
53
   Species  leichtlinii Hook. f.
common name: smokey mariposa
54
   Species  lobbii sensu Purdy
syn. Calochortus subalpinus
55
   Species  longebarbatus S. Wats.
 
56
   Varietas  longebarbatus
common name: longbeard mariposa lily
57
   Varietas  peckii Ownbey
common name: longbeard mariposa lily
58
   Species  luteus Dougl. ex Lindl.
 
59
   Varietas  citrinus S. Wats.
syn. Calochortus superbus
60
   Varietas  concolor Baker
syn. Calochortus concolor
61
   Varietas  oculatus S. Wats.
syn. Calochortus vestae
62
   Species  lyallii Baker
common name: Lyall's mariposa lily
63
   Species  macrocarpus Dougl.
 
64
   Varietas  macrocarpus
common name: sagebrush mariposa lily
65
   Varietas  maculosus (A. Nels. & J.F. Macbr.) A. Nels. & J.F.
common name: Nez Perce mariposa lily
66
   Species  maculosus A. Nels. & J.F. Macbr.
syn. Calochortus macrocarpus var. maculosus
67
   Species  maweanus Leichtl.
syn. Calochortus tolmiei
68
   Species  minimus Ownbey
common name: Sierra mariposa lily
69
   Species  monanthus Ownbey
common name: Shasta River mariposa lily
70
   Species  monophyllus (Lindl.) Lem.
common name: yellow star-tulip
71
   Species  nanus (Wood) Piper
syn. Calochortus elegans var. nanus
72
   Species  nitidus Dougl.
common name: broadfruit mariposa lily
73
   Species  nudus S. Wats.
 
74
   Varietas  shastensis (Purdy) Jepson
syn. Calochortus nudus
75
   Species  nuttallii Torr. & Gray
 
76
   Varietas  aureus (S. Wats.) Ownbey
syn. Calochortus aureus
77
   Varietas  bruneaunis (A. Nels. & J.F. Macbr.) Ownbey
syn. Calochortus bruneaunis
78
   Varietas  panamintensis Ownbey
syn. Calochortus panamintensis
79
   Species  obispoensis J.G. Lemmon
common name: San Luis mariposa lily
80
   Species  palmeri S. Wats.
 
81
   Varietas  munzii Ownbey
common name: Munz's mariposa lily
82
   Varietas  palmeri
common name: Palmer's mariposa lily
83
   Species  paludicola A. Davids.
syn. Calochortus palmeri var. palmeri
84
   Species  panamintensis (Ownbey) Reveal
common name: Panamint Mountain mariposa lily
85
   Species  persistens Ownbey
common name: Siskiyou mariposa lily
86
   Species  plummerae Greene
common name: Plummer's mariposa lily
87
   Species  pulchellus Dougl. ex Benth.
common name: Mount Diablo fairy-lantern
88
   Species  purdyi Eastw.
syn. Calochortus tolmiei
89
   Species  raichei Farwig & Girard
common name: Cedars mariposa lily
90
   Species  rhodothecus Clokey
syn. Calochortus pulchellus
91
   Species  selwayensis St. John
syn. Calochortus elegans var. selwayensis
92
   Species  shastensis Purdy
syn. Calochortus nudus
93
   Species  simulans (Hoover) Munz
common name: San Luis Obispo mariposa lily
94
   Species  splendens Dougl. ex Benth.
common name: splendid mariposa lily
95
   Species  striatus Parish
common name: alkali mariposa lily
96
   Species  subalpinus Piper
common name: subalpine mariposa lily
97
   Species  superbus Purdy ex J.T. Howell
common name: yellow mariposa
98
   Species  tiburonensis A.J. Hill
common name: Tiburon mariposa lily
99
   Species  tolmiei Hook. & Arn.
common name: Tolmie star-tulip
100
   Species  umbellatus Wood
common name: Oakland mariposa lily
101
   Species  umpquaensis N.A. Fredricks
common name: Umpqua mariposa lily
102
   Species  uniflorus Hook. & Arn.
common name: Monterey mariposa lily
103
   Species  venustus Dougl. ex Benth.
 
104
   Varietas  carolii Cockerell
syn. Calochortus venustus
105
   Varietas  purpurascens S. Wats.
syn. Calochortus venustus
106
   Varietas  sanguineus Horton
syn. Calochortus venustus
107
   Varietas  sulphureus Purdy
syn. Calochortus venustus
108
   Species  vestae Purdy
common name: coast range mariposa lily
109
   Species  watsonii M.E. Jones
 
110
   Varietas  ambiguus M.E. Jones
syn. Calochortus ambiguus
111
   Species  weedii Wood
 
112
   Varietas  intermedius Ownbey
common name: Weed's mariposa lily
113
   Varietas  vestus Purdy
common name: Weed's mariposa lily
114
   Varietas  weedii
common name: Weed's mariposa lily
115
   Species  westonii Eastw.
common name: Shirley Meadows mariposa lily

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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