Genus

Clintonia (Bead lilies)

Clintonia uniflora. Photo: (c) J Brew, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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Clintonia is a genus of flowering plants first described as a genus in 1818. It is distributed across North America and eastern Asia where it is found as an understory plant in woodlands. It was named after De Witt Clinton, an 18th-century botanist and U.S. politician.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Liliopsida (Monocots)
        Order: Liliales (Lilies, supplejacks, and allies)
        Family: Liliaceae (Lilies)
        Subfamily: Lilioideae (True lily subfamily)
        Tribe: Medeoleae (Bead lilies and cucumber roots)
        Genus: Clintonia (Bead lilies)
        Species: Clintonia andrewsiana (Andrews’ clintonia)
        Species: Clintonia uniflora (Bride’s bonnet)

Subtaxa

Species: Clintonia andrewsiana (Andrews’ clintonia)

Species: Clintonia uniflora (Bride’s bonnet)

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