Erythronium
Erythronium | |
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Erythronium dens-canis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Liliaceae |
Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
Tribe: | Lilieae |
Genus: | Erythronium L. |
Type species | |
Erythronium dens-canis L. | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Erythronium (fawn lily, trout lily, dog's-tooth violet, adder's tongue) is a genus of Eurasian and North American plants in the lily family,[2][3][4][5][6] most closely related to tulips.[7] The name Erythronium derives from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós) "red" in Greek, referring to the red flowers of E. dens-canis.[7]
Contents
1 Species
1.1 Formerly included
2 Uses
3 References
4 Bibliography
Species
Erythronium includes about 20–30 species of hardy spring-flowering perennial plants with long, tooth-like bulbs. Slender stems carry pendent flowers with recurved tepals in shades of cream, yellow, pink and mauve. Species are native to forests and meadows in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.[1][8][9]
Species | Common name | Distribution |
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Erythronium albidum Nutt. | small white fawn-lily, white fawn-lily, white trout-lily | Ontario, east-central United States (MN to CT south to TX, AL) |
Erythronium americanum Ker-Gawl. | trout-lily, yellow trout-lily, yellow adder's-tongue, yellow dogtooth violet | Eastern Canada (Ontario to Labrador), Eastern United States (ME to GA, West to Mississippi River) |
Erythronium californicum Purdy | California fawn-lily | Northern California |
Erythronium caucasicum Woronow | Caucasian dog's tooth violet | Caucasus, Iran |
Erythronium citrinum S. Wats. | cream fawn-lily | Oregon, Northern California |
Erythronium dens-canis L. | dog's-tooth violet | Southern, Central Europe from Portugal to Ukraine |
Erythronium elegans Hammond & Chambers | Coast Range fawn-lily | Oregon |
Erythronium grandiflorum Pursh | dogtooth lily, glacier lily, yellow avalanche-lily, yellow fawn-lily | western Canada, western United States |
Erythronium helenae Applegate | Pacific fawn-lily | California (Sonoma, Napa, Lake Cos.) |
Erythronium hendersonii S. Wats. | Henderson's fawn-lily | Oregon, Northern California |
Erythronium howellii S. Wats. | Howell's fawn-lily | Oregon, Northern California |
Erythronium idahoense H.St.John & G.N.Jones - | Idaho fawn-lily | Montana, Idaho, Washington State |
Erythronium japonicum Decne. | katakuri | Japan, Korea, Russia (Kuril Islands, Sakhalin), China (Jilin, Liaoning) |
Erythronium klamathense Applegate | Klamath fawn-lily | Oregon, Northern California |
Erythronium krylovii Stepanov | Tuvan trout-lily | Russia (Tuva, Krasnoyarsk) |
Erythronium mesochoreum Knerr | midland fawn-lily, white fawn-lily | Central United States (TX to NE, IN) |
Erythronium montanum S. Wats. | avalanche lily, white avalanche-lily | BC, Washington State, Oregon |
Erythronium multiscapideum (Kellogg) A. Nels. & Kennedy | Sierra fawn-lily | California |
Erythronium oregonum Applegate | giant white fawn-lily | BC, Washington, California, Oregon |
Erythronium pluriflorum Shevock, Bartel & Allen | manyflower fawn-lily | Madera Co in California |
Erythronium propullans Gray | dwarf trout-lily | Minnesota |
Erythronium purpurascens S. Wats. | purple fawn-lily | California |
Erythronium pusaterii (Munz & J.T. Howell) Shevock, Bartel & Allen | Kaweah Lakes fawn-lily | Tulare Co in California |
Erythronium quinaultense G A Allen | Olympic fawn-lily | Olympic Peninsula in Washington State |
Erythronium revolutum Sm. | mahogany fawn-lily | BC, Washington State, Oregon, California |
Erythronium rostratum W. Wolf | yellow trout-lily | south-central United States |
Erythronium sajanense Stepanov & Stassova | Krasnoyarsk in Russia | |
Erythronium sibiricum (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Krylov | Siberian fawn-lily | Siberia, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Mongolia |
Erythronium sulevii (Rukšans) Stepanov | Altay Krai in Russia | |
Erythronium taylorii Shevock & G A Allen | Taylor's fawn-lily | Tuolumne Co California |
Erythronium tuolumnense Applegate | Tuolumne fawn-lily | Tuolumne Co in California |
Erythronium umbilicatum Parks & Hardin | dimpled trout-lily | southeastern United States (Florida to Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland) |
Erythronium albidum
Erythronium americanum
Erythronium californicum
Erythronium citrinum
Erythronium dens-canis
Erythronium grandiflorum
Erythronium helenae
Erythronium hendersonii
Erythronium japonicum
Erythronium montanum
Erythronium oregonum
Erythronium propullans
Erythronium purpurascens
Erythronium purpurascens, end of blooming
Erythronium revolutum
Erythronium sibiricum
Formerly included
Two species names were coined using the name Erythronium but have since been reclassified to other taxa.
Erythronium carolinianum, now called Uvularia perfoliata
Erythronium hyacinthoides, now called Drimia indica
Uses
The bulb is edible as a root vegetable, cooked or dried, and can be ground into flour. The leaves can also be cooked as a leaf vegetable. In Japan, Erythronium japonicum is called katakuri, and the bulb is processed to produce starch, which is used for food and other purposes.
They are also widely grown as ornamental plants, with numerous hybrids and cultivars having been selected for garden use. Popular cultivars include Erythronium 'Pagoda', E. 'Sundisc', E. 'Joanna', E. 'Kondo', E. 'Citronella', E. californicum 'White Beauty', and E. 'Rosalind'. Propagation is best by seed in autumn or by division of bulbs, depending on species. Some species propagate vegetatively. The plant is also great as a ground cover, as it will spread over several years.
References
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^ Hickman, James C., ed. (1993). "Erythronium". The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. University and Jepson Herbaria.
^ Chen, Xinqi; Tamura, Minoru N. "Erythronium". Flora of China. 24 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
^ "Dente di cane, Dog's Tooth Violet, genere Erythronium". Altervista Flora Italiana.
^ Clennett, J.C.B. (2006). A taxonomic revision of Erythronium L. (Liliaceae): 1-290. Thesis, Open University, Ardingly, U.K..
^ Clennett, C. (2014). The genus Erythronium: 1-158. Kew Publishing, Kew.
^ ab Allen, Geraldine A.; Robertson, Kenneth R. (2002). "Erythronium". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee. Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 26. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1-4053-3296-4.
^ "Erythronium". County-level distribution maps from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
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Clennett, John C. B.; Chase, Mark W.; Forest, Félix; Maurin, Olivier; Wilkin, Paul (December 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.
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