Zigadenus

Zigadenus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Tribe: Melanthieae
Genus: Zigadenus
Michx.
Species:
Z. glaberrimus
Binomial name
Zigadenus glaberrimus
Synonyms [1]
  • Zygadenus common spelling variant
  • Gomphostylis Raf. [1837] non Wall. ex Lindl. [1830] illegitimate homonym (Orchidaceae)
  • Zygadenus glaberrimus common spelling variant
  • Helonias glaberrima (Michx.) Sims

Zigadenus is a genus of flowering plants now containing only one species, Zigadenus glaberrimus, the sandbog death camas, found in the southeastern United States from Mississippi to Virginia.[1][2][3] Around 20 species were formerly included in the genus, but have now been moved to other genera.

  1. ^ a b "Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
  2. ^ Fayla C. Schwartz (2003). "Zigadenus glaberrimus Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 214, plate 22. 1803". In FNA Editorial Committee (ed.). Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. Flora of North America. Vol. 26. Oxford University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-19-515208-1.
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map