The genus Dichelostemma belongs to the order Asparagales. Dichelostemma occurs in the Western United States, especially northern California. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Orders Base Monocots: Acorus Alismatales Asparagales Dioscoreales Liliales Pandanales Family Petrosaviaceae Commelinids: Arecales Commelinales Poales Zingiberales Family Dasypogonaceae Monocotyledons or monocots are a group of flowering plants usually ranked as a class and once called the Monocotyledoneae. ... Families according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Agapanthus Agavaceae Alliaceae Amaryllidaceae Aphyllanthaceae Asparagaceae Asphodelaceae Asteliaceae Blandfordiaceae Boryaceae Doryanthaceae Hemerocallidaceae Hyacinthaceae Hypoxidaceae Iridaceae Ixioliriaceae Lanariaceae Laxmanniaceae Orchidaceae Ruscaceae Tecophilaeaceae Themidaceae Xanthorrhoea Xeronema Asparagales is an order of monocots which includes a number of families of non-woody plants. ... Genera Androstephium Bessera (Behria) Bloomeria Brodiaea Dandya Dichellostemma (Brevoortia) Milla (Diphalangium) Petronymphe Triteleia (Hesperoscordium, Themis) Triteleiopsis The Themidaceae are a family of flowering plants. ... Carl Sigismund Kunth (1788-1850) was a German botanist. ... Families according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Agapanthus Agavaceae Alliaceae Amaryllidaceae Aphyllanthaceae Asparagaceae Asphodelaceae Asteliaceae Blandfordiaceae Boryaceae Doryanthaceae Hemerocallidaceae Hyacinthaceae Hypoxidaceae Iridaceae Ixioliriaceae Lanariaceae Laxmanniaceae Orchidaceae Ruscaceae Tecophilaeaceae Themidaceae Xanthorrhoea Xeronema Asparagales is an order of monocots which includes a number of families of non-woody plants. ... The states shown striped may or may not be considered part of the informal western United States today. ... Northern California, sometimes abbreviated NorCal, refers to the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. ...

Different current systems place the genus in three different families. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group place it in family Themidaceae. Many other modern authors place it in the family Alliaceae. Both of these families are in the order Asparagales. However, older but still widely used sources such as ITIS place Dichelostemma in the family Liliaceae, in the order Liliales. The present article follows the recommendations of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group is an international group of systematic botanists who have come together to try to establish a consensus view of the taxonomy of flowering plants in the light of the rapid rise of molecular systematics. ... Genera Androstephium Bessera (Behria) Bloomeria Brodiaea Dandya Dichellostemma (Brevoortia) Milla (Diphalangium) Petronymphe Triteleia (Hesperoscordium, Themis) Triteleiopsis The Themidaceae are a family of flowering plants. ... Genera Allium Ancrumia Caloscordum Erinna Garaventia Gethyum Gilliesia Ipheion Leucocoryne Miersia Milula Muilla Nectaroscordum Nothoscordum Solaria (genus) Speea Trichlora Tristagma Tulbhagia Zoelnerallium Alliaceae is a family of herbaceous perennial plants. ... Families according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Agapanthus Agavaceae Alliaceae Amaryllidaceae Aphyllanthaceae Asparagaceae Asphodelaceae Asteliaceae Blandfordiaceae Boryaceae Doryanthaceae Hemerocallidaceae Hyacinthaceae Hypoxidaceae Iridaceae Ixioliriaceae Lanariaceae Laxmanniaceae Orchidaceae Ruscaceae Tecophilaeaceae Themidaceae Xanthorrhoea Xeronema Asparagales is an order of monocots which includes a number of families of non-woody plants. ... The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is a partnership designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species. ... Genera Calochortus Cardiocrinum Clintonia Erythronium Fritillaria Gagea Korolkowia Lilium Lloydia Nomocharis Notholirion Scoliopus Streptopus Tricyrtis Tulipa The Liliaceae, or the Lily Family, is an important family of monocotyledons that includes a great number of ornamental flowers as well as several important agricultural crops; the onion has traditionally been classified here... Families Alstroemeriaceae Campynemataceae Colchicaceae Corsiaceae Liliaceae Luzuriagaceae Melanthiaceae Philesiaceae Ripogonaceae Smilacaceae Liliales is an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants. ...

Dichelostemma was once included as part of the genus Brodiaea. The genus Brodiaea (clusterlilies) belongs to the Alliaceae family and contains the following species. ...

Dichelostemma includes the following species:

• Dichelostemma capitatum
  • Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum
  • Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. pauciflorum
• Dichelostemma congestum
• Dichelostemma ida-maia - Firecracker flower
• Dichelostemma multiflorum
• Dichelostemma volubile

Cultivars:

• Dichelostemma Pink Diamond - probably D ida-maia x congestum (sometimes called Dichelostemma congestum).

References

• Jepson treatment
• Angiosperm Phylogeny Group website