Muilla

Muilla is a genus of monocots in the family Asparagaceae. It includes four to five species of flowering plants.

TaxonomyEdit

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.<ref>Jepson Manual (TJM2) Key to Muilla species . accessed 1 May 2016.</ref>

In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae.<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref> The subfamily has also been treated as a separate family Themidaceae.<ref>Jepson Herbarium, Jepson Manual (TJM2): Key to Themidaceae genera . accessed 29 April 2016.</ref><ref name=jepson>Jepson Manual (TJM2) treatment of Muilla, family Themidaceae . accessed 1 May 2016.</ref><ref>Calflora Database: Themidaceae genera . accessed 1 May 2016.</ref><ref name=calflora>Calflora: Muilla, family Themidaceae . accessed 1 May 2016.</ref>

Muilla species are native to southwestern North America.<ref name=jepson/><ref name="clementine">Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families</ref>

Current species <ref name=jepson/><ref name=calflora/><ref name="clementine"/><ref>Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps</ref>

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
File:Muilla coronata 38824335.jpg	Muilla coronata Greene	crowned muilla	Mojave Desert region in southeastern California and southern Nevada.<ref>Calflora: Muilla coronata (Crowned muilla)</ref>
File:Muilla - Flickr - aspidoscelis (56).jpg	Muilla lordsburgana P.J. Alexander	Lordsburg noino	eastern fringe of the Chihuahuan Desert around Lordsburg Mesa in New Mexico.<ref>biorxiv: Muilla lordsburgana (Lordsburg noino)</ref>
File:Muilla maritima.jpg	Muilla maritima (Torr.) S.Watson ex Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker	sea muilla	central and southern California; northern Baja California.<ref>Calflora: Muilla maritima (Sea muilla, Common muilla)</ref>
File:Muilla transmontana 59777511.jpg	Muilla transmontana Greene	Great Basin muilla	Mojave Desert and Great Basin regions in southeastern and northeastern California and western Nevada.<ref>Calflora: Muilla transmontana (Great basin muilla, Inland muilla)</ref>

Muilla clevelandii (S.Watson) Hoover — synonym of Bloomeria clevelandii S.Watson