Liliaceae

Erythronium L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 305 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Northern Hemisphere.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Arkansas, Austria, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Florida, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Louisiana, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spain, Switzerland, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang

Introduced into:

Germany, Great Britain, Ireland

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clennett, C. (2014). The genus Erythronium: 1-158. Kew Publishing, Kew.
  • Clennett, J.C.B. (2006). A taxonomic revision of Erythronium L. (Liliaceae): 1-290. Thesis, Open University, Ardingly, U.K.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter E-F: 1-50919.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Spalding [s.n.] United States K003947793 Yes
[illegilbe]; [illegilbe] [1069] Russia K003947507 Yes
Warren, E.M. [s.n.] Colombia K003947792 Yes
Spencer, G. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003947500 Yes
Spalding [s.n.] United States K003947796 Yes
Geyer, C.A. [601] United States K003947794 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947795 Yes
Applegate, E.I. [6308] United States K000844406 Isotype Yes
Applegate, E.I. [6308] United States K000844407 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947815 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0