''Stenanthium'' is a North American
genus of
flowering plants in the tribe
Melanthieae of the family
Melanthiaceae.
Featherbells is a
common name
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for plants in this genus.
Taxonomy
Molecular phylogenetic studies in the 21st century have resulted in number of changes to placements within this tribe.
Three species were removed from the genus to ''
Anticlea'' and two or three (depending on whether ''S. leimanthoides'' is maintained as a separate species) added from ''
Zigadenus''
sensu lato, the deathcamases.
(See also
Phylogeny of Melanthieae.) Members of ''Stenanthium'', as currently circumscribed, may also be distinguished from other deathcamases by having a slender cylindrical bulb and the lack of
sarcotesta on its brown seeds. They occur in the eastern and south-central United States.
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Species
Species include:
*'' Stenanthium densum'' (Desr.) Zomlefer & Judd – Osceola's plume - southeastern United States from Texas to Virginia
*''Stenanthium diffusum
''Stenanthium'' is a North American genus of flowering plants in the tribe Melanthieae of the family Melanthiaceae.
Featherbells is a common name for plants in this genus.
Taxonomy
Molecular phylogenetic studies in the 21st century have result ...
'' Wofford - Tennessee
*''Stenanthium gramineum
''Stenanthium'' is a North American genus of flowering plants in the tribe Melanthieae of the family Melanthiaceae.
Featherbells is a common name for plants in this genus.
Taxonomy
Molecular phylogenetic studies in the 21st century have result ...
'' (Ker Gawl.) Morong – eastern featherbells - eastern + south-central United States from eastern Texas to Florida north to Michigan and Connecticut.
*''Stenanthium leimanthoides
''Stenanthium leimanthoides'' is a poisonous monocot wildflower native to acid montane areas of the eastern United States. It is either treated as a separate species to ''Stenanthium densum'' or as a synonym of that species. A common name is pine ...
'' (A.Gray) Zomlefer & Judd – pine barren deathcamas - eastern + south-central United States from eastern Texas to Florida north to New York
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*''Stenanthium macrum
''Stenanthium'' is a North American genus of flowering plants in the tribe Melanthieae of the family Melanthiaceae.
Featherbells is a common name for plants in this genus.
Taxonomy
Molecular phylogenetic studies in the 21st century have result ...
'' Sorrie & WeakleyStenanthium occidentale
''Stenanthium'' is a North American genus of flowering plants in the tribe Melanthieae of the family Melanthiaceae.
Featherbells is a common name for plants in this genus.
Taxonomy
Molecular phylogenetic studies in the 21st century have result ...
'' A.Gray
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— western featherbells, native to the Pacific Northwest, the Klamath Mountains in northwestern California, and Western Canada.
*''Stenanthium tennesseense
''Stenanthium'' is a North American genus of flowering plants in the tribe Melanthieae of the family Melanthiaceae.
Featherbells is a common name for plants in this genus.
Taxonomy
Molecular phylogenetics, Molecular phylogenetic studies in the ...
'' Sorrie & WeakleyFlora of North America
The ''Flora of North America North of Mexico'' (usually referred to as ''FNA'') is a multivolume work describing the native plants and naturalized plants of North America, including the United States, Canada, St. Pierre and Miquelon, and Greenla ...
and USDA recognize two: ''Stenanthium gramineum'' and ''Stenanthium occidentale''. Several sources recognize ''S. leimanthoides'' as a separate species.
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of ''S. densum''.[ Plants of the World Online treats ''S. occidentale'' as a synonym of ''Anticlea occidentale''.][
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See also
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References
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Melanthiaceae
Flora of the Eastern United States
Flora of the Northwestern United States
Flora of Western Canada
Flora of California
Taxa named by Asa Gray
Taxa named by Carl Sigismund Kunth
Melanthiaceae genera