Erythronium

Erythronium dens-canis
Typus of Erythronium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Liliales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Liliales

Familia: Liliaceae
Subfamilia: Lilioideae
Genus: Erythronium
Species: E. albidum – E. americanum – E. californicum – E. caucasicum – E. citrinum – E. dens-canis – E. elegans – E. grandiflorum – E. helenae – E. hendersonii – E. howellii – E. idahoense – E. japonicum – E. klamathense – E. krylovii – E. mesochoreum – E. montanum – E. multiscapideum – E. oregonum – E. pluriflorum – E. propullans – E. purpurascens – E. pusaterii – E. quinaultense – E. revolutum – E. rostratum – E. sajanense – E. shastense – E. sibiricum – E. sulevii – E. taylorii – E. tuolumnense – E. umbilicatum

Name

Erythronium L., Sp. Pl. 1: 305 (1753); Gen Pl., ed. 5: 145 (1754).

• Type species: Erythronium dens-canis L., Sp. Pl.: 305. 1753 (by monotypy)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Mithridatium Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 48 (1763).
  • Dens-canis Tourn. ex Rupp., Fl. Jen., ed. 3: 197 (1745), nom. inval., pre-1753

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Middle Europe Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Switzerland. Southwestern Europe France, Portugal, Spain. Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe Ukraine. Asia-Temperate Siberia Altay, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia. Russian Far East Kuril Islands, Sakhalin. Middle Asia Kazakhstan. Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Western Asia Iran. China Manchuria, Xinjiang. Mongolia Mongolia. Eastern Asia Japan, Korea. Northern America Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia. Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec. Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Islands, Vermont, West Virginia. Southwestern U.S.A. California, Utah. South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 305. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 145. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Clennett, J.C.B., Chase, M.W., Forest, F., Maurin, O. & Wilkin, P. 2012. Phylogenetic systematics of Erythronium (Liliaceae): morphological and molecular analyses. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 170(4): 504–528. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01302.x Reference page. 
• Clennett, C. 2014. The genus Erythronium (A botanical magazine monograph). 158 pp., Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-492-2 Reference page. 
• Allen, G.A. & Robertson, K.R. 2002. Erythronium. Pp. 153–164 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 26: Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. 723 pp. Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford, ISBN 0-19-515208-5. efloras FNA Website Reference page. 
• Mathew, B.F. 1992. A taxonomic and horticultural review of Erythronium L. (Liliaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 109(4): 453–471. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1992.tb01444.x Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Erythronium. Accessed: 2022 Jul 25.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Erythronium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jul 25. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Erythronium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jul 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Erythronium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jul 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Erythronium. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jul 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Erythronium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jul 2022.

Vernacular names

čeština: Kandík
Deutsch: Zahnlilien
English: Fawn lily
eesti: Koerahammas
suomi: Koiranhampaat
hornjoserbsce: Hrymzyčnik
日本語: カタクリ属
ქართული: კაბაჭრელა
polski: Psiząb
русский: Кандык
slovenščina: Pasji zob
svenska: Hundtandsliljesläktet
українська: Кандик
中文: 猪牙花属
中文（简体）: 猪牙花属

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