Melanthium virginicum

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Family:MELANTHIACEAE
Species:Melanthium virginicum L.
Common Name:Virginia Bunchflower; Bog Bunchflower; Bunch Lily
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Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyMELANTHIACEAE - Bunchflower family
Genus Melanthium
Species Melanthium virginicum L. - Virginia Bunchflower; Bog Bunchflower; Bunch Lily

Citation

Citation Melanthium virginicum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 339. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: VIRGINIA: Without data, Kalm s.n. (lectotype: LINN 467.1). Lectotypified by J.L. Reveal, in C.E. Jarvis et al., Regnum Veg. 127: 65. 1993.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Evonyxis monoica Evonyxis monoica (Walter) Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 2: 29. 1837 ("1836").Melanthium monoicum Walter 1788. 
Evonyxis virginica Evonyxis virginica (Linnaeus) Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 2: 29. 1837 ("1836").Melanthium virginicum Linnaeus 1753. 
Helonias virginica Helonias virginica (Linnaeus) Sims, Bot. Mag. 25: pl. 985. 1807.Melanthium virginicum Linnaeus 1753. 
Leimanthium monoicum Leimanthium monoicum (Walter) Schultes & Schultes f., in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 7: 1550. 1830.Melanthium monoicum Walter 1788. 
Leimanthium virginicum Leimanthium virginicum (Linnaeus) Willdenow, Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. 2: 24. 1808.Melanthium virginicum Linnaeus 1753. 
Melanthium biglandulosum Melanthium biglandulosum Bertoloni, Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 2: 316. 1850.  
Melanthium monoicum Melanthium monoicum Walter, Fl. Carol. 125. 1788. SOUTH CAROLINA:
Melanthium polygamum Melanthium polygamum Desrousseaux, in Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 25. 1797.  
Melanthium dispersum Melanthium dispersum Small, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 606. 1898. FLORIDA: Walton Co.: Without locality, 1885, Curtiss s.n. (holotype: NY).
Veratrum virginicum Veratrum virginicum (Linnaeus) Aiton f., Hort. Kew., ed. 2. 5: 426. 1813. VIRGINIA: Without data, Kalm s.n. (lectotype: LINN 467.1). Lectotypified by Reveal, in C. E. Jarvis et al., Regnum Veg. 127: 65. 1993.
Zigadenus virginicus Zigadenus virginicus (Linnaeus) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 195. 1843.Melanthium virginicum Linnaeus 1753. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Bullock, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Covington, Cullman, Etowah, Geneva, Lamar, Lee, Limestone, Macon, Mobile, Pickens, Randolph, Russell, St. Clair, Sumter, Walker

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1974 - 1995

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UNA00021959 Autauga 22 Jun 1974 Kral, Robert
53229		 UNA
Veratrum virginicum (L.) Ait. f.
UNA00021960 Autauga 22 Jun 1974 Kral, Robert
53229		 UNA
Veratrum virginicum (L.) Ait. f.
UNA00028625 Autauga 25 Jun 1995 Haynes, Robert R.
9542		 UNA
Veratrum virginicum (L.) Ait. f.
UNA00028624 Autauga 25 Jun 1995 Haynes, Robert R.
9542		 UNA
Veratrum virginicum (L.) Ait. f.
UNA00007515 Baldwin _ Jun 1879 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Veratrum virginicum (L.) Ait. f.
UNA00064001 Bibb 05 Jul 2003 Schotz, Alfred
1899		 UNA
Veratrum virginicum (L.) Ait. f.
TROY000011211 Bullock 12 Aug 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13560		 TROY
Melanthium virginicum Linnaeus
UWAL0053091 Cherokee 17 Mar 2020 Thompson, Joey
1095		 UWAL
Veratrum virginicum (L.) Aiton
ALNHS00006820 Cherokee 9 Jul 2020 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5222		 ALNHS
Veratrum virginicum (L.) Ait. f.
AUA000046815 Cherokee 18 Jul 2020 YAWN, NOAH D.
42		 AUA
VERATRUM VIRGINICUM (L.) AIT. F.
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