Androstephium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Brodiaeoideae
Genus: Androstephium
Species: A. breviflorum – A. caeruleum
Name

Androstephium Torr. (1858)

Type species: A. violaceum Torr.

References

Torrey, J., 1858: Bot. Mex. Bound. 218.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Androstephium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Androstephium. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 14 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Androstephium in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 14.
Tropicos.org 2019. Androstephium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Jan. 2019.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Androstephium. .

The genus Androstephium is a group of North American plants in the cluster lily subfamily within the asparagus family.[2] It contains two species native to the southwestern and south-central United States.[3][1][4]

Species[3]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Androstephium breviflorum S.Watson	pink funnel lily	deserts of Arizona, Utah, southeastern California, southern Nevada, northwestern New Mexico, western Colorado, southern Wyoming
	Androstephium coeruleum (Scheele) Greene	blue funnel lily	grasslands of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas

References

Flora of North America, v 26 p 333, Androstephium Torrey in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 218. 1859.
Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Brodiaeoideae
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps