Genus Melanthium L.

Usually considered a synonym of Veratrum L.


Summary
Genus number:
7416
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Melanthiaceae
Tribe:
Melanthieae
Accession count:

0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
  • a rejected (nom. rej.), heterotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4 & App. III) of Veratrum L., nom. cons.
  • Thunberg (Diss. Melanthio 1797) was the first to merge Veratrum and Melanthium, adopting Melanthium, so this name has priority if the two are synonymized without conservation of Veratrum


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References:
  1. Barrie, F. R. 2011. Report of the General Committee: 11. Taxon 60:1213. Note: proposal recommended
  2. Brummitt, R. K. 2011. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 63. Taxon 60:1206. Note: proposal recommended
  3. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: accepts
  4. Kubitzki, K., ed. 1990-. The families and genera of vascular plants. Note: accepts
  5. Zomlefer, W. B. et al. 2003. An overview of Veratrum s.l. (Liliales: Melanthiaceae) and an infrageneric phylogeny based on ITS sequence data. Syst. Bot. 28:250-269. Note: = Veratrum L.
  6. Zomlefer, W. B. et al. 2010. (1928) Proposal to conserve the name Veratrum against Melanthium (Melanthiaceae). Taxon 59:644-645.
  7. Zomlefer, W. B. 1997. The genera of Melanthiaceae in the southeastern United States. Harvard Pap. Bot. 2:133-177. Note: = Veratrum L.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=7416. Accessed 11 May 2026.