Nartheciaceae
Aletris

Aletris farinosa L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 319 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Canada to Central & E. U.S.A. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[Marwick, R. D.] [s.n.] K003909922 Yes
s.coll. [2841] United States K003909934 Yes
Drummond [s.n.] United States K003909930 Yes
Townsend [s.n.] United States K003909926 Yes
Hooker [s.n.] K003909940 Yes
Chapman, A.W. [s.n.] United States K003909921 Yes
Lapham, L.A. [s.n.] United States K003909924 Yes
Kitching, L. [s.n.] United States K003909942 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [7655] United States K003909928 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003909938 Yes
Small, J.K. [s.n.] United States K003909933 Yes
Hale, J. [s.n.] United States K003909919 Yes
Ashe, W.W. [6441] United States K003909932 Yes
Drummond, T. [353] United States K003909935 Yes
Blake, S.F. [9498] United States K003909927 Yes
Macoun, J. [54036] Canada K003909931 Yes
Jackson [s.n.] United States K003909923 Yes
Torrey [s.n.] K003909936 Yes
Short, C.W. [s.n.] United States K003909939 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K003909920 Yes
Fraser [s.n.] United States K003909929 Yes
Elliott [s.n.] K003909937 Yes
Canby, W.M. [s.n.] United States K003909941 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K003909925 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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