Biology:Stenanthium densum

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Short description: Species of wildflower

Stenanthium densum
Stenanthium densum.jpg
Stenanthium densum flowers
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Stenanthium
Species:
S. densum
Binomial name
Stenanthium densum
(Desr.) Zomlefer & Judd
Synonyms[1]

Many, including

  • Zigadenus densus Amianthium leimanthoides
  • A.Gray Desr.
  • (Desr.) Fernald Zigadenus leimanthoides
  • Stenanthium leimanthoides (A.Gray) A.Gray
  • Melanthium densum (A.Gray) Zomlefer & Judd

Stenanthium densum is a poisonous but spectacular monocot wildflower native to pine barrens of the eastern United States . It is known variously as Osceola's plume, crowpoison, or black snakeroot. Stenanthium leimanthoides is either treated as a synonym of this species[2] or as a separate species.[3] It is native to the southernmost Gulf Coast, from eastern Louisiana east, down through most of Florida, and to the easternmost Atlantic Coast north to Rhode Island, seldom far from the coast.

Within the family Melanthiaceae, it is placed in the tribe Melanthieae. Molecular phylogenetic studies in the 21st century have resulted in substantial rearrangement of the species in this tribe, many being moved to different genera. S. densum was previously placed in Zigadenus as Z. densum, and will be found under this name in older sources.[4][5]

References

  1. "Stenanthium densum". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=288064. Retrieved 2013-08-23. 
  2. Search for "Stenanthium", "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/. Retrieved 2013-08-23. 
  3. Weldy, Troy; Werier, David; Nelson, Andrew (2013). "Stenanthium leimanthoides". New York Flora Atlas. Florida Center for Community Design and Research, New York Flora Association. http://newyork.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=1807. Retrieved 2013-08-21. 
  4. Zomlefer, Wendy B.; Williams, Norris H.; Whitten, W. Mark; Judd, Walter S. (2001). "Generic Circumscription and Relationships in the Tribe Melanthieae (Liliales, Melanthiaceae), with Emphasis on Zigadenus: Evidence from ITS and trnL-F Sequence Data". American Journal of Botany 88 (9): 1657–1669. doi:10.2307/3558411. PMID 21669700. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/14672#page/299/mode/1up. 
  5. "Zigadenus densum". Flora of North America. http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242102095. Retrieved 2013-08-16. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15295974 entry