Calochortus

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Calochortus']

English: mariposa lily
مصرى: كالوكورتوس
български: Калохортус
čeština: pěknosemenec
Deutsch: Mormonentulpen
فارسی: زیباسوسن‌ها
suomi: Mariposaliljat
עברית: קלוכורטוס
hrvatski: Kalohort
latviešu: tauriņlilijas
polski: Trójednik
русский: Калохортус
українська: Калохортус
中文: 仙灯属, 丽草属, 蝴蝶百合属
中文（中国大陆）: 蝴蝶百合属
中文（简体）: 仙灯属
中文（繁體）: 蝴蝶百合屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Liliales • Familia: Liliaceae • Genus: Calochortus Pursh (1814)

Genus Calochortus Pursh (1814)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Cyclobothra D.Don in R.Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 3: t. 273. (1828) Mariposa (Alph.Wood) Hoover, Leafl. W. Bot. 4: 1. (1944)

76 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 15 February 2022):

C. albus, C. amabilis, C. ambiguus, C. amoenus, C. apiculatus, C. argillosus, C. aureus, C. balsensis, C. barbatus, C. bruneaunis, C. catalinae, C. cernuus, C. ciscoensis, C. clavatus, C. coeruleus, C. concolor, C. coxii, C. dunnii, C. elegans, C. eurycarpus, C. excavatus, C. exilis, C. fimbriatus, C. flexuosus, C. foliosus, C. fuscus, C. ghiesbreghtii, C. greenei, C. gunnisonii, C. hartwegii, C. howellii, C. × indecorus, C. invenustus, C. kennedyi, C. leichtlinii, C. longibarbatus, C. luteus, C. lyallii, C. macrocarpus, C. marcellae, C. mendozae, C. minimus, C. monanthus, C. monophyllus, C. nigrescens, C. nitidus, C. nudus, C. nuttallii, C. obispoensis, C. occidentalis, C. ownbeyi, C. palmeri, C. panamintensis, C. persistens, C. plummerae, C. pringlei, C. pulchellus, C. purpureus, C. raichei, C. rustvoldii, C. simulans, C. spatulatus, C. splendens, C. striatus, C. subalpinus, C. superbus, C. syntrophus, C. tiburonensis, C. tolmiei, C. umbellatus, C. umpquaensis, C. uniflorus, C. venustulus, C. venustus, C. vestae, C. weedii, C. westonii

Included species (for Tropicos, 15 February 2022):

C. acuminatus, C. albus, C. amabilis, C. ambiguus, C. amoenus, C. apiculatus, C. argillosus, C. aureus, C. balsensis, C. barbatus, C. benthamii, C. bonplandianus, C. bruneaunis, C. caeruleus, C. campestris, C. catalinae, C. cernuus, C. ciliatus, C. ciscoensis, C. citrinus, C. clavatus, C. coeruleus, C. collinus, C. comosus, C. concolor, C. coxii, C. cyaneus, C. davidsonianus, C. discolor, C. douglasianus, C. dunnii, C. elegans, C. englerianus, C. eurycarpus, C. euumbellatus, C. excavatus, C. exilis, C. fimbriatus, C. flavus, C. flexuosus, C. foliosus, C. fuscus, C. galei, C. ghiesbreghtii, C. glaucus, C. grandiflorus, C. greenei, C. gunnisonii, C. hartwegii, C. hintonii, C. howellii, C. indecorus, C. invenustus, C. kennedyi, C. lanternus, C. leichtlinii, C. lilacinus, C. lobbii, C. longebarbatus, C. luteus, C. lyallii, C. lyonii, C. macrocarpus, C. maculatus, C. maculosus, C. madrensis, C. marcellae, C. maweanus, C. mendozae, C. minimus, C. monanthus, C. monophyllus, C. montanus, C. nanus, C. nigrescens, C. nitidus, C. nudus, C. nuttallii, C. obispoensis, C. occidentalis, C. oculatus, C. ownbeyi, C. pallidus, C. palmeri, C. paludicola, C. panamintensis, C. parviflorus, C. pavonaceus, C. persistens, C. plummerae, C. pratensis, C. pringlei, C. pulchellus, C. purdyi, C. purpureus, C. raichei, C. rhodothecus, C. roseus, C. rustvoldii, C. selwayensis, C. shastensis, C. simulans, C. spatulatus, C. speciosus, C. splendens, C. striatus, C. subalpinus, C. superbus, C. syntrophus, C. tiburonensis, C. tolmiei, C. umbellatus, C. umpquaensis, C. uniflorus, C. venustulus, C. venustus, C. vestae, C. watsonii, C. weedii, C. westonii, C. × indecorus
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Included species (for The Plant List, 12 July 2014):

C. albus, C. amabilis, C. ambiguus, C. amoenus, C. apiculatus, C. argillosus, C. aureus, C. balsensis, C. barbatus, C. bruneaunis, C. catalinae, C. cernuus, C. ciscoensis, C. clavatus, C. coeruleus, C. concolor, C. coxii, C. dunnii, C. elegans, C. eurycarpus, C. excavatus, C. exilis, C. fimbriatus, C. flexuosus, C. foliosus, C. fuscus, C. ghiesbreghtii, C. greenei, C. gunnisonii, C. hartwegii, C. howellii, C. indecorus, C. invenustus, C. kennedyi, C. leichtlinii, C. longibarbatus, C. luteus, C. lyallii, C. macrocarpus, C. marcellae, C. mendozae, C. minimus, C. monanthus, C. monophyllus, C. nigrescens, C. nitidus, C. nudus, C. nuttallii, C. obispoensis, C. palmeri, C. panamintensis, C. persistens, C. plummerae, C. pringlei, C. pulchellus, C. purpureus, C. raichei, C. simulans, C. spatulatus, C. splendens, C. striatus, C. subalpinus, C. superbus, C. syntrophus, C. tiburonensis, C. tolmiei, C. umbellatus, C. umpquaensis, C. uniflorus, C. venustulus, C. venustus, C. vestae, C. weedii, C. westonii
Note: only species listed as 'Accepted'

Type species Calochortus elegans Pursh. (1813)

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Calochortus tiburonensis
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Calochortus venustus
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Calochortus weedii
Calochortus westonii

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Cultivars

Calochortus cultivars

References

Description of taxon

Pursh. F.T. (1814) Flora Americae Septentrionalis 1: 240.

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.