The
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group's
2009 revision placed the genus in
family Asparagaceae, subfamily
Brodiaeoideae (having previously placed treated Brodiaeoideae as a separate family Themidaceae). Other modern authors place it in the family
Alliaceae. Both these families are in the order
Asparagales. There are currently 16 recognized
species in
Triteleia. One species,
Triteleia ixioides, has five well-defined subspecies.
Varieties and
subspecies have been proposed within several other
Triteleia species, but these are no longer widely accepted. Some common species that are now placed in genus
Triteleia were formerly placed in genus
Brodiaea, and as a consequence the word "brodiaea" has been incorporated into some of their common names. flower •
Triteleia × versicolor – Pinto triplet lily – a sterile hybrid believed to be
T. hyacinthina ×
T. ixioides, recorded only from the type specimen collected in 1935 at Whaler's Knoll in Point Lobos State Park, Monterey County A 2002 phylogenetic review of related genera found four clades within
Triteleia that were all supported with 100 percent
jackknife resampling values: •
Triteleia montana and
Triteleia lemmoniae •
Triteleia peduncularis,
Triteleia laxa, and
Triteleia bridgesii •
Triteleia hyacinthina and
Triteleia ixioides •
Triteleia grandiflora,
Triteleia crocea, and
Triteleia hendersonii ==References==