Muilla
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 List of [taxa named by anagrams|taxonomic anagram] of Allium, the onion genus, for the flowers' resemblance.In the APG [III system|APG III classification system], it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae. The subfamily has also been treated as a separate family Themidaceae.
Distribution
Muilla species are native to southwestern North America.Species
;Current species| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
| Muilla coronata Greene | crowned muilla | Mojave Desert region in southeastern California and southern Nevada. | |
| Muilla lordsburgana P.J. Alexander | Lordsburg noino | eastern fringe of the Chihuahuan Desert around Lordsburg Mesa in New Mexico. | |
| Muilla maritima S.Watson ex Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker | sea muilla | central and southern California; northern Baja California. | |
| Muilla transmontana Greene | Great Basin muilla | Mojave Desert and Great Basin regions in southeastern and northeastern California and western Nevada. |
;Formerly included species
- Muilla clevelandii Hoover — synonym of Bloomeria clevelandii S.Watson