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Dichelostemma

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Dichelostemma is a genus of North American plants closely related to the genus Brodiaea and sometimes regarded as part of that group.

Species

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GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAsparagales
  5. FamilyAsparagaceae
Native toCalifornia, Oregon, Washington
Observations54,134
Observations recorded11,880

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
120
With media
66
Family
Asparagaceae
Collections
US, USU, DAV, UNM, MO, SBBG
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Brodiaeoideae
Image
Dichelostemma volubile.jpg
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Commons category
Dichelostemma
taxon name
Dichelostemma
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Dichelostemma
taxon common name
丽韭属
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Encyclopedic overview

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Dichelostemma is a genus of North American plants closely related to the genus Brodiaea and sometimes regarded as part of that group.

Dichelostemma is classified in the cluster-lily subfamily within the asparagus family. in the latest Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification (2009). Older sources often placed it in the lily family; earlier versions of the APG classifications used the family Themidaceae.

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

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