Melanthiaceae
Chamaelirium

Chamaelirium luteum (L.) A.Gray

First published in Manual, ed. 5: 527 (1867)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ontario to 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, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • 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.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.

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?
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002776914 Yes
Schweinitz, L.D. [s.n.] K001613423 Yes
Drummond, T. [354] United States K002776923 Yes
Wray. [s.n.] K001613421 Yes
W.D. [s.n.] United States K001613420 Yes
W.D. [s.n.] United States K002776916 Yes
Townsend, D. [s.n.] K002776924 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001737717 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002776922 Yes
Moldenke, H.N. [1245] United States K002776915 Yes
Nash, G.V. [s.n.] United States K002776930 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002776926 Yes
Short, C.W. [s.n.] United States K002776933 Yes
Canby, W.M. [s.n.] United States K002776931 Yes
Sartwell [s.n.] United States K002776929 Yes
[H. Davois] [s.n.] K002776912 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [s.n.] United States K002776920 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002776927 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [4781] United States K002776928 Yes
Chapman, A.W. [s.n.] United States K002776919 Yes
Fredholm, A. [5062] United States K002776913 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [s.n.] United States K002776932 Yes
Philadelphia [s.n.] K002776917 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [2903] United States K002776918 Yes
Fraser [s.n.] Chamaelirium carolinianum K001613422 Yes
Schweinitz, L.D. [s.n.] Chamaelirium carolinianum K002776925 Yes
Kelsey [s.n.] Chamaelirium carolinianum K002776934 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