Trillium

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.