Asparagaceae
Maianthemum

Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link

First published in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 343 (1821)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Subarctic America to NE. Mexico. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon

Introduced into:

Norway, Sweden

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1995). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(4): 1-51. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • 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.
  • Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1995). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(4): 1-51. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[21759] United States K002869025 Yes
[147] United States K002869093 Yes
[s.n.] United States K002869077 Yes
[4642] United States K002869027 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002868392 Yes
[5799] United States K002869089 Yes
[H158/45] Canada K002869099 Yes
[208] United States K002869096 Yes
[7476] United States K002869081 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Norway K002868393 Yes
[960] United States K002869082 Yes
[s.n.] United States K002869084 Yes
[s.n.] United States K002869086 Yes
[s.n.] United States K002869076 Yes
s.coll. [26] K002868391 Yes
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] Norway K002868390 Yes
[21789] United States K002869026 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002869174 No
[6997] United States K002869091 Yes
[s.n.] United States K002869098 Yes
Fries, E. [s.n.] K002868394 Yes
[880] United States K002869079 Yes
[3095] United States K002869028 Yes
[7879] United States K002869029 Yes
[s.n.] United States K002869085 Yes
[s.n.] United States K002869092 Yes
[1362] United States K002869090 Yes
[s.n.] United States K002869094 Yes
Mae [s.n.] K002868389 Yes
[257] United States K002869087 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002869175 No
[6439] United States K002869095 Yes
[2441] United States K002869083 Yes
[s.n.] United States K002869075 Yes
Landmark, A. [s.n.] Norway K002868395 Yes
[s.n.] United States K002869097 Yes
[s.n.] United States K002869078 Yes
[s.n.] K002869024 Yes
[257] United States K002869088 Yes
[729] United States K002869080 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images