{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{About|the plant genus}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon = Milla |name=Mexican star |authority = Cav. |image=Flore des serres v14 179a.jpg |image_caption=''Milla biflora''<br>1861 illustration<ref>Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe ou descriptions et figures des plantes les plus rares et les plus meÌritantes, nouvellement introduites sur le continent ou en Angleterre ... Volume XIV A Gand : chez Louis van Houtte, editeur, 1845-1880.</ref> |type_species=''Milla biflora'' |type_species_authority = Cav. |synonyms_ref=<ref name="gila"/> |synonyms=*''Askolame'' <small>Raf.</small> *''Gyrenia'' <small>Knowles & Westc. ex Loudon</small> *''Diphalangium'' <small>S.Schauer</small> }}
'''''Milla''''', the '''Mexican star,''' is a genus of monocotyledonous plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae.<ref>{{citation |last=Stevens |first=P.F. |title=Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Brodiaeoideae |url=http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#Themidaceae }}</ref> They are native mostly to Mexico, with one species extending into Guatemala, Honduras, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico.<ref name="gila">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=281159 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.</ref><ref>Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576.</ref><ref>Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1952. Liliaceae. In Flora of Guatemala - Part III. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(3): 59–100.</ref><ref>Moore, H. E. Jr. 1953. The genus ''Milla'' (Amaryllidaceae–Allieae) and its allies. Gentes Herb. 8: 262–294.</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=120721 Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 346, ''Milla'' Cavanilles, Icon. 2: 76, plate 196. 1793. ]</ref><ref>[http://plants.usda.gov/plant-profile?symbol=MIBI2 US Department of Agriculture Plants Profile]</ref>
''Milla'' contains ten accepted species:<ref name="gila"/><ref name="list">[http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Asparagaceae/Milla/ The Plant List—Milla]</ref>
# ''Milla biflora'' <small>Cav.</small> - widespread across most of Mexico plus Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Guatemala and Honduras # ''Milla bryanii'' <small>I.M.Johnst.</small> - Coahuila # ''Milla delicata'' <small>H.E.Moore</small> - Guerrero # ''Milla filifolia'' <small>T.M.Howard</small> - Morelos # ''Milla magnifica'' <small>H.E.Moore</small> - Guerrero, Morelos # ''Milla mexicana'' <small>T.M.Howard</small> - Puebla, Oaxaca # ''Milla mortoniana'' <small>H.E.Moore</small> - Guerrero # ''Milla oaxacana'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Oaxaca # ''Milla potosina'' <small>T.M.Howard</small> - San Luis Potosí # ''Milla rosea'' <small>H.E.Moore</small> - Nuevo León
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Milla Pacific Bulb Society] *[http://www.bulbsociety.org/GALLERY_OF_THE_WORLDS_BULBS/GRAPHICS/Milla/Milla_biflora/Milla_biflora.html International Bulb Society Gallery of the World's Bulbs] *[http://www.conabio.gob.mx/malezasdemexico/alliaceae/milla-biflora/fichas/ficha.htm Conabio ficha informativa]
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Category:Brodiaeoideae Category:Asparagaceae genera Category:Taxa named by Antonio José Cavanilles
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