Camassia quamash

Camassia quamash

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Agavoideae
Genus: Camassia
Species: Camassia quamash
Subspecies: C. q. subsp. azurea C. q. subsp. breviflora C. q. subsp. intermedia C. q. subsp. linearis C. q. subsp. maxima C. q. subsp. quamash C. q. subsp. utahensis C. q. subsp. walpolei

Name

Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene (1894)

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Phalangium quamash Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 226. 1813.
  • Homotypic
    • Anthericum quamash (Pursh) Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 1: 54. 1821.
    • Quamasia quamash (Pursh) Coville, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 11: 64. 1898.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • Alberta; British Columbia; California; Idaho; Montana; Nevada; Oregon; Utah; Washington; Wyoming

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Vernacular names

  • English: Camas
  • français: Quamassie
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