Zigadenus

Zigadenus is a genus of flowering plants now containing only one species, Zigadenus glaberrimus, the sandbog death camas, found in the southeastern United States from Mississippi to Virginia. Around 20 species were formerly included in the genus, but have now been moved to other genera.

Zigadenus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Tribe: Melanthieae
Genus: Zigadenus
Michx.
Species:
Z. glaberrimus
Binomial name
Zigadenus glaberrimus
Synonyms 
  • Zygadenus common spelling variant
  • Gomphostylis Raf. [1837] non Wall. ex Lindl. [1830] illegitimate homonym (Orchidaceae)
  • Zygadenus glaberrimus common spelling variant
  • Helonias glaberrima (Michx.) Sims
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