Muilla is a genus of monocots in the family Asparagaceae. It includes four to five species of flowering plants.
Taxonomy The genus name is a taxonomic anagram of Allium (in fact, the letters are in exact reverse order), the onion genus, for the flowers' resemblance.Jepson Manual (TJM2) Key to Muilla species . accessed 1 May 2016.
In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae. The subfamily has also been treated as a separate family Themidaceae. Jepson Herbarium, Jepson Manual (TJM2): Key to Themidaceae genera . accessed 29 April 2016.Jepson Manual (TJM2) treatment of Muilla, family Themidaceae . accessed 1 May 2016.Calflora Database: Themidaceae genera . accessed 1 May 2016.Calflora: Muilla, family Themidaceae . accessed 1 May 2016.
Distribution Muilla species are native to southwestern North America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Species Current species Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Muilla coronata Greene crowned muilla Mojave Desert region in southeastern California and southern Nevada.Calflora: Muilla coronata (Crowned muilla) Muilla lordsburgana P.J. Alexander Lordsburg noino eastern fringe of the Chihuahuan Desert around Lordsburg Mesa in New Mexico.biorxiv: Muilla lordsburgana (Lordsburg noino) Muilla maritima (Torr.) S.Watson ex Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker sea muilla central and southern California; northern Baja California.Calflora: Muilla maritima (Sea muilla, Common muilla) Muilla transmontana Greene Great Basin muilla Mojave Desert and Great Basin regions in southeastern and northeastern California and western Nevada.Calflora: Muilla transmontana (Great basin muilla, Inland muilla)
Formerly included species Muilla clevelandii (S.Watson) Hoover — synonym of Bloomeria clevelandii S.Watson
References
External links Calflora Database: Muilla species Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Muilla USDA Plants Profile for Muilla Flora of North America: Muilla