Taxonavigation

Familia: Melanthiaceae
Tribus: Chionographideae – Heloniadeae – Melanthieae – Parideae – Xerophylleae

Overview of genera

Amianthium – Anticlea – Chamaelirium – Chionographis – Helonias – Heloniopsis – Melanthium – Paris – Pseudotrillium – Schoenocaulon – Stenanthium – Toxicoscordion – Trillium – Veratrum – Xerophyllum – Ypsilandra – Zigadenus

Name

Melanthiaceae Batsch ex Borkh. Bot. Wörterb. 2:8. (1797); nom. cons.

• Type genus: Melanthium L. Sp. Pl. 1: 339. (1753) nom. rej. prop. against Veratrum L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1044. (1753)

References

• Batsch, A.J.G.K. (1797) Botanisches Wörterbuch 2: 8.
• Zomlefer, W. B., W. S. Judd & K.N. Gandhi. (2010) Proposal to conserve the name Veratrum against Melanthium (Melanthiaceae). Taxon 59(2): 644–645.
• Emonocot.org 2013. Melanthiaceae in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Sept. 16.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Melanthiaceae . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Sept. 16.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Melanthiaceae. Published online. Accessed 16 Sept. 2013.
• Tamura, M.N. (1998) Melanthiaceae. Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Lilianae (excluding Orchidaceae) 369-380.
• Tamura, M.N. Trilliaceae. (1998) Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Lilianae (excluding Orchidaceae) 444-452.
• Govaerts, R. (2011) World Checklist of Melanthiaceae. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; Retrieved 2011-11-26.
• Zomlefer, W.B., Williams, N.H., Whitten, W.M. & Judd, W.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.
• GRIN Taxonomy for Plants
• Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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