Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Camatta Canyon Amole, Purple Anole
Description
Genus Chlorogalum
Herbs, perennial
, from tunicate
bulbs. Leaves basal; blade
linear
, reduced to scarious
bracts in inflorescence. Inflorescences paniculate
. Flowers scattered
at intervals along branches, 1-several per node, each subtended by small bract; perianth white, purple, or pinkish; tepals 6, distinct
, linear to oblong
, with nectaries at base
, persisting in fruit and twisting together above capsule; stamens 6, inserted
on bases of tepals; anthers
versatile; style slightly 3-lobed at apex; pedicel articulate
. Fruits capsular
, 3-valved, dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds 1 or 2 per locule.
Species 5: w North America, mainly California.
Based on floral
characters, chromosome numbers, and karyotypes
, Chlorogalum probably is closely related to Camassia, from which it differs primarily in the number of ovules per locule (1 or 2 in Chlorogalum, more than 2 in Camassia).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Liliidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lilianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Asparagales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Suborder:
Asparagineae
()
-
- Family:
Asparagaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Tribe:
Chlorogaleae
()
- Genus:
Chlorogalum
()
- (Lindley) Kunth, 1843, nom. cons.
- Soap plant, amole [Greek chloros, green, and gala, milk, alluding to the lather-producing juice of the bulbs]
- Subgenus:
nom
()
- Specific epithet:
purpureum
- Hoover
- Variety:
reductum
- Botanical name: - Chlorogalum purpureum var. reductum Hoover
- Variety:
reductum
- Specific epithet:
purpureum
- Hoover
- Subgenus:
nom
(
- Genus:
Chlorogalum
(
- Tribe:
Chlorogaleae
(
- Family:
Asparagaceae
(
- Suborder:
Asparagineae
(
- Order:
Asparagales
(
- Superorder:
Lilianae
(
- Subclass:
Liliidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author
: Hoover Publication
: Leafl. W. Bot. 10: 124 1964
.
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 06-Jan-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Chlorogalum
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. angustifolium (Narrow-Leaf Soapplant) · C. grandiflorum (Red Hills Soap Plant) · C. parviflorum (Small-Flower Soapplant) · C. pomeridianum (Amole Lily) · C. pomeridianum var. divaricatum (Wavyleaf Soap Plant) · C. pomeridianum var. minus (Wavyleaf Soap Plant) · C. pomeridianum var. pomeridianum (Wavyleaf Soap Plant) · C. purpureum (Purple Amole) · C. purpureum var. purpureum (Purple Anole) · C. purpureum var. reductum (Camatta Canyon Amole) · C. purpureum var. reductum Hoover (Camatta Canyon Amole)
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Further Reading
- Hoover, R. F. 1940. A monograph of the genus Chlorogalum. Madrono 5: 137-176.
- Jernstedt, J. A. 1980. Ultraviolet absorbtion by flowers of Chlorogalum (Liliaceae). Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 107: 163-171.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-302176
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13907743
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:56978-2
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 56978-2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1160252
Footnotes
- Judy Jernstedt "Chlorogalum". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 20, 21, 58, 204, 303, 307, 308. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
