Amianthium muscitoxicum (Walter) A.Gray
First published in Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 4: 122 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Central & E. U.S.A. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Chrosperma muscitoxicum (Walter) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 708 (1891)
- Chrysosperma muscatoxicum (Walter) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 703 (1891)
- Melanthium muscitoxicum Walter in Fl. Carol.: 125 (1788)
- Zigadenus muscitoxicum (Walter) Regel in Gartenflora 32: 164 (1883)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Anthericum subtrigynum Jacq. in Collectanea 3: 273 (1791)
- Amianthium macrotox Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 4: 27 (1838)
- Chrosperma laetum (Aiton) Raf. in Neogenyton: 3 (1825)
- Crosperma laeta (Aiton) Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 4: 27 (1838)
- Crosperma phalangioides (Desr.) Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 4: 33 (1838)
- Endocles laetum (Aiton) Salisb. in Gen. Pl.: 51 (1866), not validly publ.
- Helonias erythrosperma Michx. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 212 (1803)
- Helonias laeta (Aiton) Ker Gawl. in Bot. Mag. 21: t. 803 (1805)
- Leimanthium laetum (Aiton) Willd. in Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 24 (1808)
- Leimanthium pallidum Willd. in Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 24 (1808)
- Melanthium laetum Aiton in Hort. Kew. 1: 488 (1789)
- Melanthium myoctonum J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 587 (1791)
- Melanthium phalangioides Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 27 (1797)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- 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. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
- 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:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
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