''Milla'', the Mexican star, is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of monocotyledonous plants in the family

Asparagaceae Asparagaceae (), known as the asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. The family name is based on the edible garden asparagus, '' Asparagus officinalis''. This family includes both ...

, subfamily Brodiaeoideae. They are native mostly to

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

, with one species extending into

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

and

New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...

.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>US Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
/ref> ''Milla'' contains ten accepted

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

:The Plant List—Milla
/ref> # '' Milla biflora'' Cav. - widespread across most of Mexico plus Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Guatemala and Honduras # '' Milla bryanii'' I.M.Johnst. - Coahuila # '' Milla delicata'' H.E.Moore - Guerrero # '' Milla filifolia'' T.M.Howard - Morelos # '' Milla magnifica'' H.E.Moore - Guerrero, Morelos # '' Milla mexicana'' T.M.Howard - Puebla, Oaxaca # '' Milla mortoniana'' H.E.Moore - Guerrero # '' Milla oaxacana'' Ravenna - Oaxaca # '' Milla potosina'' T.M.Howard - San Luis Potosí # '' Milla rosea'' H.E.Moore - Nuevo León

References

External links

Pacific Bulb Society
Brodiaeoideae Asparagaceae genera Taxa named by Antonio José Cavanilles {{Asparagaceae-stub