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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Calochortus

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.