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Melanthiaceae
Zigadenus

not marked as a favorite taxon Zigadenus Michaux. Common name: Death-camas.

As redefined, a monotypic genus of se. North America. A molecular systematics study by Zomlefer et al. (2001) gave strong support to a treatment recognizing Zigadenus as monotypic (Zigadenus glaberrimus), Anticlea (including for our area the former Zigadenus elegans ssp. glaucus), Stenanthium (including for our area Stenanthium spp. and the former Zigadenus densus and Z. leimanthoides and species recently segregated from them). Zigadenus (as redefined) has a chromosome number of 2n=54 (Zomlefer, McKain, & Rentsch 2014), unique in the family.

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References: Schwartz (2002) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002a); Tamura (1998c) In Kubitzki (1998a); Zomlefer (1997a); Zomlefer et al. (2001); Zomlefer, McKain, & Rentsch (2014). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Zigadenus© Bruce A. Sorrie | Zigadenus glaberrimus
image #2 of Zigadenus© Will Stuart | Zigadenus glaberrimus | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Zigadenus© Jim Fowler | Zigadenus glaberrimus | Original Image ⭷

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