Zigadenus

Zigadenus glaberrimus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Melanthiaceae
Tribus: Melanthieae
Genus: Zigadenus
Species: Z. glaberrimus

Name

Zigadenus Michx., 1803, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 213.

Typus: Zigadenus glaberrimus Michx., 1803, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 213.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Gomphostylis Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 30. 1837, nom. illeg. non Wall. ex Lindl. (1830).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana: sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux. Vol. 1. Parisiis et Argentorati: fratres Levrault. BHL Reference page. : 213

Additional references

• Zomlefer, W.B., Williams, N.H.. Whitten, W.M. & Judd, W.S. 2001. Generic circumscription and relationships in the tribe Melanthieae (Liliales, Melanthiaceae), with emphasis on Zigadenus: evidence from ITS and trnL-F sequence data. American Journal of Botany 88(9): 1657–1669. DOI: 10.2307/3558411 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Zigadenus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Zigadenus. Published online. Accessed: November 27 2023. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Zigadenus. 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 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Zigadenus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 November 2023. Reference page. 
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2009 Dec 23 Online.

Vernacular names

English: Sandbog Death Camas

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