Melanthium hybridum

Melanthium hybridum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Liliales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Liliales

Familia: Melanthiaceae
Tribus: Melanthieae
Genus: Melanthium
Species: Melanthium hybridum

Name

Melanthium hybridum Walter, Fl. Carol.: 125 (1788)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Evonyxis hybrida (Walter) Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 2: 29 (1837)
  • Leimanthium hybridum (Walter) Sweet in Hort. Brit.: 429 (1826)
  • Melanthium virginicum var. hybridum (Walter) Alph.Wood in Class-book Bot.: 717 (1861)
  • Veratrum hybridum (Walter) J.H.Zimmerman ex Zomlefer in Novon 22: 126 (2012)
• Heterotypic
  • Melanthium latifolium Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 25 (1797)
  • Melanthium latifolium var. longipedicellatum A.Br. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 152 (1896), nom. provis.
  • Melanthium racemosum Michx. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 251 (1803), nom. illeg.
  • Veratrum latifolium (Desr.) Zomlefer in Harvard Pap. Bot. 2: 161 (1997)

Homonyms

• Melanthium hybridum Elliott in Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 419 (1817), nom. illeg. vide Melanthium virginicum L. in Sp. Pl.: 339 (1753)
• Melanthium hybridum Nutt. in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 232 (1818), nom. illeg. vide Melanthium parviflorum (Michx.) S.Watson in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 276 (1879)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern USA Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Walter, T. 1788. Flora Caroliniana, secundum Systema vegetabilium Linnæi digesta, characteres essentiales naturalesve et differentias veras exhibens; cum emendationibus numerosis, descriptionum antea evulgatarum adumbrationes stirpium plus mille continens, necnon generibus novis non paucis, speciebus plurimis novisq. ornata. viii+263 pp., John Fraser, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.9458 Reference page.  [See page 125.]

Additional references

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1–723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Melanthium hybridum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Melanthium hybridum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 25. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Melanthium hybridum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 November 2023.

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