Trillium

"Toadshade" redirects here. For other uses, see list of plants known as toadshade.
For other uses, see Trillium (disambiguation).

Trillium
Trillium erectum (red trillium)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Tribe: Parideae
Genus: Trillium
L.
Type species
Trillium cernuum
Synonyms[2]
Trillium
    • Delostylis Raf.
    • Esdra Salisb.
    • Huxhamia Garden
    • Phyllantherum Raf.
    • Trillidium Kunth

Trillium (trillium, wakerobin, toadshade, tri flower, birthroot, birthwort, and sometimes "wood lily") is a genus of about fifty flowering plant species in the family Melanthiaceae. Trillium species are native to temperate regions of North America and Asia,[3][4] with the greatest diversity of species found in the southern Appalachian Mountains in the southeastern United States.[5][6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tropicos was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  4. ^ Liang, Songyun; Soukup, Victor G. "Trillium". Flora of China. Vol. 24 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  5. ^ "Trilliums Species". United States Forest Service. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Trillium". County-level distribution maps from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2019.