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<h2 id="taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2> <p>The genus name is a <a href="/facts/List_of_taxa_named_by_anagrams/VnUtd3tM">taxonomic anagram</a> of <i><a href="/facts/Allium/lWf7Fdjq">Allium</a></i> (in fact, the letters are in exact reverse order), the onion genus, for the flowers' resemblance.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p><p>In the <a href="/facts/APG_III_system/fQWR7DUq">APG III classification system</a>, it is placed in the <a href="/facts/Family_(biology)/qTrn6E8E">family</a> <a href="/facts/Asparagaceae/v4XYHdbA">Asparagaceae</a>, subfamily <a href="/facts/Brodiaeoideae/TqmMffKn">Brodiaeoideae</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> The subfamily has also been treated as a separate family Themidaceae.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="distribution">Distribution</h2> <p><i>Muilla</i> species are native to southwestern North America.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="species">Species</h2> Current species <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> <table><tbody><tr><th>Image</th><th>Scientific name</th><th>Common name</th><th>Distribution</th></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Muilla_coronata/bVSuLdtA">Muilla coronata</a></i> Greene</td><td>crowned muilla</td><td><a href="/facts/Mojave_Desert/qWmTVQLg">Mojave Desert</a> region in southeastern California and southern Nevada.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i>Muilla lordsburgana</i> P.J. Alexander</td><td>Lordsburg noino</td><td>eastern fringe of the Chihuahuan Desert around Lordsburg Mesa in New Mexico.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Muilla_maritima/y4jzoqcU">Muilla maritima</a></i> (Torr.) S.Watson ex Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker</td><td>sea muilla</td><td>central and southern California; northern Baja California.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Muilla_transmontana/PGEzrBlm">Muilla transmontana</a></i> Greene</td><td>Great Basin muilla</td><td>Mojave Desert and <a href="/facts/Great_Basin/w135lKBN">Great Basin</a> regions in southeastern and northeastern California and western Nevada.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> Formerly included species <ul><li><i>Muilla clevelandii</i> (S.Watson) Hoover — synonym of <i><a href="/facts/Bloomeria_clevelandii/oPfzs5Aw">Bloomeria clevelandii</a></i> S.Watson</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/specieslist.cgi?where-genus=Muilla">Calflora Database: <i>Muilla</i> species</a></li> <li><a href="http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=9541">Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of <i>Muilla</i></a></li> <li><a href="https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MUILL">USDA Plants Profile for <i>Muilla</i></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=121293">Flora of North America: <i>Muilla</i></a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Jepson Manual (TJM2) Key to Muilla species . accessed 1 May 2016. <a href="http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?key=9541" target="_blank">http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?key=9541</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Allioideae <a href="http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#Alliaceae" target="_blank">http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#Alliaceae</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Jepson Herbarium, Jepson Manual (TJM2): Key to Themidaceae genera . accessed 29 April 2016. <a href="http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?key=93795" target="_blank">http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?key=93795</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Jepson Manual (TJM2) treatment of Muilla, family Themidaceae . accessed 1 May 2016. <a href="http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=9541" target="_blank">http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=9541</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Calflora Database: Themidaceae genera . accessed 1 May 2016. <a href="http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/specieslist.cgi?where-family=THEMIDACEAE" target="_blank">http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/specieslist.cgi?where-family=THEMIDACEAE</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Calflora: Muilla, family Themidaceae . accessed 1 May 2016. <a href="http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/specieslist.cgi?where-genus=Muilla" target="_blank">http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/specieslist.cgi?where-genus=Muilla</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Jepson Manual (TJM2) treatment of Muilla, family Themidaceae . accessed 1 May 2016. <a href="http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=9541" target="_blank">http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=9541</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families <a href="http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=281617" target="_blank">http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=281617</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Jepson Manual (TJM2) treatment of Muilla, family Themidaceae . accessed 1 May 2016. <a href="http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=9541" target="_blank">http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=9541</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Calflora: Muilla, family Themidaceae . accessed 1 May 2016. <a href="http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/specieslist.cgi?where-genus=Muilla" target="_blank">http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/specieslist.cgi?where-genus=Muilla</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families <a href="http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=281617" target="_blank">http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=281617</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps <a href="http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Muilla" target="_blank">http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Muilla</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Calflora: Muilla coronata (Crowned muilla) <a href="http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5715" target="_blank">http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5715</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>biorxiv: Muilla lordsburgana (Lordsburg noino) <a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2021/04/16/2020.09.24.312215.full.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2021/04/16/2020.09.24.312215.full.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Calflora: Muilla maritima (Sea muilla, Common muilla) <a href="http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5716" target="_blank">http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5716</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>Calflora: Muilla transmontana (Great basin muilla, Inland muilla) <a href="http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5717" target="_blank">http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5717</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>