Brodiaea coronaria is the type species of Brodiaea[2] and also known by the common names harvest brodiaea and crown brodiaea.[3][4] It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in mountains and grasslands.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Brodiaeoideae |
| Genus: | Brodiaea |
| Species: | B. coronaria
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| Brodiaea coronaria | |
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Brodiaea coronaria subsp. coronaria | |
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Description edit
Brodiaea coronaria is a perennial herb growing from a corm and producing an erect inflorescence with a few basal leaves. The inflorescence is up to about 25 centimeters (10 inches) tall and bears lilylike flowers on an array of pedicels.
Each flower is a tube several centimeters long opening into a bell-shaped corolla of six bright purple lobes each up to 3 cm (1 in) long. In the center are three stamens and whitish sterile stamens known as staminodes.
Taxonomy edit
Nomenclature edit
The history of the scientific name of this species is somewhat tangled. The plant was first collected by Archibald Menzies during the Vancouver Expedition, and published as Hookera coronaria by Richard Salisbury in Paradisus Londinensis early in 1808.[5] However, Salisbury had fallen out with fellow botanist James Edward Smith. Smith first published a moss genus, Hookeria, and then published a description of Salisbury's Hookera coronaria as Brodiaea grandiflora.[6]
If it was Smith's intention to replace Salisbury's name, as has been suggested,[6] it was partly successful, since although Salisbury's Hookera coronaria has priority over Smith's Brodiaea grandiflora, names as similar as Hookera and Hookeria are considered to be confusing and a formal proposal to conserve the names Brodiaea and Hookeria over the name Hookera was accepted.[7] However, Salisbury's epithet coronaria still stands since Smith's Brodiaea grandiflora is now considered to have been an illegitimate name when published. In 1917, after the Kew Rule had vanished from botanical nomenclature, Willis Jepson formally published the combination Brodiaea coronaria, now accepted as the botanical name for this species.[1]
Synonyms edit
Synonyms, in full or in part, include:[8]
- Hookera coronaria Salisb. (basionym)
- Hookera grandiflora (Sm.) Kuntze
- Brodiaea grandiflora Sm.
- Hookera rosea Greene
- Brodiaea rosea (Greene) Baker
Subspecies edit
There are two subspecies of this plant:
- Brodiaea coronaria subsp. coronaria – crown brodiaea[9]
- Brodiaea coronaria subsp. rosea – Indian Valley brodiaea; a rare pink-flowered subspecies endemic to a small region in the Inner North California Coast Ranges (Tehama, Glenn, and Lake Counties) in northwestern California.[10][11]
Uses edit
Native Americans and early European settlers of the continent harvested the small bulbs for food.[12] They are edible raw, with a nutty or celery-like taste.[13]
References edit
- ^ a b "Brodiaea coronaria (Salisb.) Jeps., Madroño 1: 61 (1917)". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ "Brodiaea". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 9 February 1996. Retrieved 27 June 2008.
- ^ Pojar, Jim; MacKinnon, Andy (1994). Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska. Canada: Lone Pine Publishing. p. 107.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Brodiaea coronaria". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 27 June 2008.
- ^ "Hookera coronaria". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. 27 June 2008.
- ^ a b Boulger, George Simonds (1897). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Rickett, H.W. & Stafleu, F.A. (1959). "Nomina generica conservanda et rejicienda spermatophytorum". Taxon. 8 (7): 213–243. doi:10.2307/1217883. JSTOR 1217883.
- ^ "Search for name". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ^ USDA Plants Profile for Brodiaea coronaria ssp. coronaria (crown brodiaea)
- ^ Jepson Manual — Brodiaea coronaria ssp. rosea
- ^ CalFlora Database — Brodiaea coronaria ssp. rosea. accessed 8.2.2013
- ^ Fagan, Damian (2019). Wildflowers of Oregon: A Field Guide to Over 400 Wildflowers, Trees, and Shrubs of the Coast, Cascades, and High Desert. Guilford, CT: FalconGuides. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-4930-3633-2. OCLC 1073035766.
- ^ Benoliel, Doug (2011). Northwest Foraging: The Classic Guide to Edible Plants of the Pacific Northwest (Rev. and updated ed.). Seattle, WA: Skipstone. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-59485-366-1. OCLC 668195076.
Further reading edit
- "Brodiaea coronaria (Salisb.) Engl". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
- Bailey, Liberty Hyde; Miller, Wilhelm (1900). "Brodiaea". "Cyclopedia of American Horticulture": plants sold in the United States and Canada, with geographical and biographical sketches (Volume 1 A-D ed.). The Macmillan Company. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
- LeRoy, Abrams; Ferris, Roxana Stinchfield (1923). "LILY FAMILY". An Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California. Stanford University Press. pp. 1192 pages. ISBN 978-0-8047-0003-0. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
- Weathers, John (1901). "Classification of Plants". "A Practical Guide to Garden Plants": that may be grown in the open air in the British Islands, with culture and propagation info. Longmans, Green, and Co. pp. 1192 pages. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
External links edit
Data related to Brodiaea coronaria at Wikispecies
Works related to Characters of a new Liliaceous Genus called Brodiaea at Wikisource- Jepson Manual Treatment — Brodiaea coronaria
- CalFlora Database: Brodiaea coronaria (harvest brodiaea, crown brodiaea, early harvest brodiaea)
- USDA Plants Profile for Brodiaea coronaria (crown brodiaea)
- Brodiaea coronaria - U.C. Photos gallery
