Triteleia lemmoniae

Triteleia lemmoniae, common names Oak Creek triteleia,[2] Lemmon's star or Oak Creek triplet lily, is a plant species now classed in the family Asparagaceae,[1] although older classifications would have regarded it part of the Liliaceae.[3]

Oak Creek triteleia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Brodiaeoideae
Genus: Triteleia
Species:
T. lemmoniae
Binomial name
Triteleia lemmoniae
Synonyms[1]
  • Brodiaea lemmoniae S.Watson
  • Hookera lemmoniae (S.Watson) Tidestr.

Triteleia lemmoniae is endemic to Arizona, the only member of the genus native to the state.[1][4] It is an herb up to 30 cm (12 in) tall, with bright yellow or orange flowers.[3]

The species is named for Sara Plummer Lemmon (1836–1923), a well-known American botanist. She and her husband, John Gill (J.G.) Lemmon, lived and worked in Oakland, California but did extensive botanical explorations in Arizona. Several species bear the epithet "lemmonii" in his honor; Triteleia lemmoniae and Mount Lemmon in Arizona were named in hers.[5][6]

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. "Triteleia lemmoniae". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  3. Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 345, Triteleia lemmoniae (S. Watson) Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 141. 1886 (as lemmonae)
  4. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
  5. Watson, Sereno. 1885. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 20: 376
  6. Leo W. Banks, "Sky Island Parkway"


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