New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Melanthium

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Last Modified 04/08/2013

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Nomenclature

Melanthium Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 339. 1753.

List of Melanthium Species

Melanthium latifolium Melanthium virginicum

References to Melanthium

  • Bodkin, N. L. 1978. A revision of North American Melanthium L. (Liliaceae). Ph.D. Dissertation Univ. Maryland, College Park, MD,
  • Robertson, C. 1896. Flowers and insects. XVI. Bot. Gaz. 21: 266-274.
  • Sterling, C. 1982. Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae Veratreae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 84: 57-78.
  • Ward, D. B. 2010. Thomas Walter's species of Melanthium (Liliaceae). J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 4: 303-307.
  • Zomlefer, W. B. et.al. 2010. (1928) Proposal to conserve the name Veratrum against Melanthium (Melanthiaceae). Taxon 59: 644-645.