Bloomeria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Brodiaeoideae
Genus: Bloomeria
Species: B. clevelandii – B. crocea – B. humilis
Name

Bloomeria Kellogg, 1863

Type species: Bloomeria aurea Kellogg

References

Kellogg, A., 1863. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2:11.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Bloomeria in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Bloomeria. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 15 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Bloomeria in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 15.
Tropicos.org 2019. Bloomeria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Jan. 2019.

Bloomeria, a geophyte in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae,[1] was named for Hiram Green Bloomer (1819–1874) an early San Francisco botanist. It consists of three species native to California and Baja California:[2][3][4]

Bloomeria clevelandii S. Watson - San Diego County and northern Baja California
Bloomeria crocea (Torrey) Coville - Baja California, California
Bloomeria humilis Hoover - central coast of California (Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties)

References

Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Brodiaeoideae
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Jepson Manual Treatment
Flora of North America v 26 p 336, Bloomeria Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 11. 1863.