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Androstephium

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Androstephium

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The genus Androstephium is a group of North American plants in the cluster lily subfamily within the asparagus family. It contains two species native to the southwestern and south-central United States.

Species

small-flowered androstephium

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAsparagales
  5. FamilyAsparagaceae
Native toArizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming
Observations573
Observations recorded2,049

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
17
With media
14
Family
Asparagaceae
Collections
MO, SJNM, NY, ASU, O, BRIT
Recorded in
United States, Mexico

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Brodiaeoideae
Image
Androstephium coeruleum.jpg
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Commons category
Androstephium
taxon name
Androstephium
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Androstephium
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Encyclopedic overview

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The genus Androstephium is a group of North American plants in the cluster lily subfamily within the asparagus family. It contains two species native to the southwestern and south-central United States. Species {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px ||Androstephium breviflorum S.Watson || pink funnel lily || deserts of Arizona, Utah, southeastern California, southern Nevada, northwestern New Mexico, western Colorado, southern Wyoming |- |120px || Androstephium coeruleum (Scheele) Greene || blue funnel lily || grasslands of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas |- |}

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Androstephium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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