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Amianthium muscaetoxicum

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Synonyms
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
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Internal ID UUID64402527111ba971058414
Scientific name Amianthium muscaetoxicum
Authority A.Gray
First published in Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 4: 122 (1837)

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Amianthium is a genus of perennial plants found in North America, known for its single species Amianthium muscitoxicum or "fly poison." The plant is toxic, with the bulb being the most poisonous part. It was used by American colonists to kill flies by mixing it with sugar. The plant is pollinated by beetles and belongs to the Melanthiaceae family. Molecular studies have resulted in some changes to its placement within the tribe Melanthieae. Other species of Amianthium have been placed in different genera.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Chrosperma laetum Raf. Neogenyton : 3 (1825)
Chrosperma muscitoxicum (Walter) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 708. 1891 (1891)
Chrysosperma muscatoxicum (Walter) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 703 (1891)
Crosperma laeta Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 27 (1838)
Crosperma phalangioides Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 33 (1838)
Helonias erythrosperma Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 212 (1803)
Helonias laeta Ker Gawl. Bot. Mag. 21: t. 803 (1805)
Leimanthium pallidum Willd. Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 24 (1808)
Leimanthium laetum Willd. Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 24 (1808)
Melanthium phalangioides Desr. Encycl. 4: 27 (1797)
Melanthium muscitoxicum Walter Fl. Carol. 125. 1788 (1788)
Melanthium myoctonum J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis] : 587 (1791)
Melanthium laetum [Soland.] Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 1: 488. 1789
Zigadenus muscaetoxicum Regel Gartenflora xxxii. (1883) 164.
Amianthium macrotox Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 27 (1838)
Anthericum subtrigynum Jacq. Collectanea 3: 273 (1791)
Endocles laetum Salisb. Gen. Pl. : 51 (1866)
Amiantanthus muscaetoxicum (Walter) Kunth Syn. Pl. 4: 180 1843

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Language Common/alternative name
English flypoison
Polish bezplamka muchotrutka
Russian Амиантиум

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Northern America
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Missouri
      • Oklahoma
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Pennsylvania
      • West Virginia
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000759920
UNII 73AIW503FL
Flora of Alabama 4492
USDA Plants AMMU
Tropicos 18401148
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:530074-1
The Plant List kew-298995
Open Tree Of Life 58714
NCBI Taxonomy 164818
Nature Serve 2.159886
IPNI 530074-1
iNaturalist 83015
GBIF 2741538
Freebase /m/06186h
EOL 1085787
USDA GRIN 404148
Wikipedia Amianthium
PFAF Amianthium muscitoxicum

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Effects of season of fire on bee‐flower interaction diversity in a fire‐maintained pine savanna Ulyshen M, Robertson K, Horn S, Dixon C Ecol Evol 21-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10441176
doi:10.1002/ece3.10450
PMID:37608923
C N/A Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 16-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC9771676
doi:10.1016/B978-0-7020-7463-9.50011-2
F N/A Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 16-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC9771674
doi:10.1016/B978-0-7020-7463-9.50014-8
S N/A Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 16-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC9771675
doi:10.1016/B978-0-7020-7463-9.50027-6
Near-neighbour optimal outcrossing in the bird-pollinated Anigozanthos manglesii Ayre BM, Roberts DG, Phillips RD, Hopper SD, Krauss SL Ann Bot 21-Jun-2019
PMCID:PMC6798840
doi:10.1093/aob/mcz091
PMID:31115446
Non-additive effects of pollen limitation and self-incompatibility reduce plant reproductive success and population viability Young AG, Broadhurst LM, Thrall PH Ann Bot 19-Dec-2011
PMCID:PMC3278296
doi:10.1093/aob/mcr290
PMID:22184620

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