Dandya purpusii is a species of flowering plant endemic to northeast Mexico. It is the only species in the genus Dandya.[4] In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the asparagus family Asparagaceae, and the cluster lily subfamily Brodiaeoideae (formerly the family Themidaceae).[5][6] The genus is named in honor of James Edgar Dandy.[7]

Dandya purpusii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Brodiaeoideae
Genus: Dandya
H.E.Moore[2]
Species:
D. purpusii
Binomial name
Dandya purpusii
(Brandegee) H.E.Moore[1]
Synonyms[3]
  • Bloomeria purpusii (Brandegee) J.F.Macbr.
  • Brodiaea purpusii (Brandegee) J.W.Ingram
  • Muilla purpusii Brandegee

References

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  1. ^ Tropicos, Dandya H.E. Moore
  2. ^ World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2011-05-26, search for "Dandya"
  3. ^ "Dandya purpusii (Brandegee) H.E.Moore". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  4. ^ "Dandya H.E.Moore". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  5. ^ Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x
  6. ^ Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(1): 1-76. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  7. ^ Taylor, George (1977). "James Edgar Dandy". Nature. 265 (5594): 572. Bibcode:1977Natur.265..572T. doi:10.1038/265572a0.