Erythronium

Erythronium dens-canis (Typus)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Liliaceae
Subfamilia: Lilioideae
Genus: Erythronium

Overview of species (33)

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. 
• 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

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Erythronium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 January 24. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Erythronium in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 January 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Erythronium. Published online. Accessed: 24 January 2020.
• The Plant List 2013. Erythronium in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2020 January 24.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Erythronium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 January 2020.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Erythronium in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2020 January 26.

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
svenska: Hundtandsliljesläktet
українська: Кандик

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