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Bloomeria
Bloomeria crocea near Pomona, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Brodiaeoideae
Genus:	Bloomeria Kellogg

Bloomeria is a genus of flowering plants with a geophyte lifestyle in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae. It was named for Hiram Green Bloomer (1819–1874) an early San Francisco botanist.

Species

It consists of three species native to California and Baja California:

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Bloomeria clevelandii S. Watson	San Diego County and northern Baja California
	Bloomeria crocea (Torrey) Coville	Baja California, California
	Bloomeria humilis Hoover	central coast of California (Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties)

References

1. Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Brodiaeoideae
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Jepson Manual Treatment
4. Flora of North America v 26 p 336, Bloomeria Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 11. 1863.

External links

• Media related to Bloomeria at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Bloomeria at Wikispecies
• USDA Plants Profile for Bloomeria
• Flora of North America Profile

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