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virginicum

Taxon

Melanthium virginicum L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 339. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 039.jpg

Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 039.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 035.jpg

Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 035.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 036.jpg

Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 036.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 040.jpg

Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 040.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 044.jpg

Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 044.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 042.jpg

Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 042.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 043.jpg

Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 043.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 038.jpg

Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 038.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 037.jpg

Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 037.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 041.jpg

Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 041.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 046.jpg

Melanthium virginicum--MO. Lincoln Co. Shaw Nature Reserve. 27 Jun 09. 046.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Not collected

June 27, 2009

Location

United States, Missouri, Lincoln (Villa Ridge)

38.471028, -90.817889

Location Remarks

Shaw Nature Reserve. Highway 100 and I-44. (307 Pinetum Loop Rd.), Gray Summit, MO

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Liliales

Family

Melanthiaceae

Genus

Melanthium

Specific Epithet

virginicum

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#268,362 of 335,497

Top 80%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →