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Internal ID UUID6440258383ad7159027911
Scientific name Chamaelirium luteum
Authority A.Gray
First published in Manual , ed. 5: 527 (1867)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Helonias dioica Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 243 (1813)
Helonias lutea [Ker-Gawl.] Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1062 (1807)
Helonias pumila Jacq. Collectanea 2: 260 (1789)
Melanthium dioicum Walter Fl. Carol. : 126 (1788)
Melanthium luteum (L.) Thunb. Fl. Jap. : 152 (1784)
Ophiostachys virginica Redouté Liliac. 8: t. 464 (1815)
Siraitos luteus (L.) F.T.Wang & Tang Contr. Inst. Bot. Natl. Acad. Peiping 6: 109 (1949)
Veratrum luteum L. Sp. Pl. : 1044 (1753)
Veratrum flavum Herb. ex Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 1565 (1830)
Chamaelirium carolinianum Willd. Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 19 (1808)
Chamaelirium luteum Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 144. 1863
Chamaelirium obovale Small Torreya 1: 108 (1901)
Chionographis lutea Baill. Hist. Pl. 12: 593 (1894)
Dasurus luteus Salisb. Gen. Pl. : 51 (1866)
Diclinotrys albiflorum Raf. Neogenyton : 3 (1825)
Abalon albiflorum var. obovatum Raf. New Fl. 1: 34. 1836
Abalon albiflorum var. pumilum Raf. New Fl. 1: 34. 1836
Abalon albiflorum var. serpentarium Raf. New Fl. 1: 34. 1836
Abalon albiflorum var. spicatum Raf. New Fl. 1: 34. 1836
Abalon albiflorum var. sylvaticum Raf. New Fl. 1: 34. 1836
Abalon albiflorum Raf. New Fl. 1: 33 (1836)

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Language Common/alternative name
English fairywand
Spanish dasurus
Spanish diclinotrys
Spanish ophiostachys
Spanish siraitos
Spanish chamaelirium carolinianum
Spanish chamaelirium obovale
Spanish veratrum luteum
Spanish abalon albiflorum
Spanish dasurus luteus
Spanish diclinotrys albiflorum
Spanish helonias dioica
Spanish helonias lutea
Spanish melanthium dioicum
Spanish melanthium luteum
Spanish ophiostachys virginica

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    • Eastern Canada
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    • North-central U.S.A.
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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000763113
UNII 4TT3575T8B
Florida Plant Atlas 3822
Flora of Alabama 4493
Canadensys 6651
USDA Plants CHLU
Tropicos 18401600
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:532651-1
The Plant List kew-302082
Missouri Botanical Garden 282046
Open Tree Of Life 573294
NCBI Taxonomy 112831
Nature Serve 2.144213
IPNI 532651-1
iNaturalist 122251
GBIF 2741647
Freebase /m/05h3j7_
EPPO CMMLU
EOL 1086690
USDA GRIN 402533

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_964656255.1 Chamaelirium_luteum_scaffolds_v3 Scaffold Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research 2025-05-07 58 710.15 Mb

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Caco-2 Cell Line Standardization with Pharmaceutical Requirements and In Vitro Model Suitability for Permeability Assays Kus M, Ibragimow I, Piotrowska-Kempisty H Pharmaceutics 24-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10674574
doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics15112523
PMID:38004503
Holocentromeres can consist of merely a few megabase-sized satellite arrays Kuo YT, Câmara AS, Schubert V, Neumann P, Macas J, Melzer M, Chen J, Fuchs J, Abel S, Klocke E, Huettel B, Himmelbach A, Demidov D, Dunemann F, Mascher M, Ishii T, Marques A, Houben A Nat Commun 13-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10264360
doi:10.1038/s41467-023-38922-7
PMID:37311740
Phytochemicals and bioactive compounds effective against acute myeloid leukemia: A systematic review Egbuna C, Patrick‐Iwuanyanwu KC, Onyeike EN, Khan J, Palai S, Patel SB, Parmar VK, Kushwaha G, Singh O, Jeevanandam J, Kumarasamy S, Uche CZ, Narayanan M, Rudrapal M, Odoh U, Chikeokwu I, Găman M, Saravanan K, Ifemeje JC, Ezzat SM, Olisah MC, Chikwendu CJ, Adedokun KA, Imodoye SO, Bello IO, Twinomuhwezi H, Awuchi CG Food Sci Nutr 15-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10345688
doi:10.1002/fsn3.3420
PMID:37457145
Evolution of floral characters and biogeography of Heloniadeae (Melanthiaceae): an example of breeding system shifts with inflorescence change Chao CT, Kuo CC, Chang JT, Chai MW, Liao PC Sci Rep 02-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8563777
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-01049-0
PMID:34728750
Do metrics of sexual selection conform to Bateman's principles in a wind-pollinated plant? Tonnabel J, David P, Pannell JR Proc Biol Sci 19-Jun-2019
PMCID:PMC6599987
doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.0532
PMID:31213181
Synchronizing Pharmacotherapy in Acne with Review of Clinical Care Sacchidanand SA, Lahiri K, Godse K, Patwardhan NG, Ganjoo A, Kharkar R, Narayanan V, Borade D, D’souza L Indian J Dermatol 01-Jul-2017
PMCID:PMC5527713
doi:10.4103/ijd.IJD_41_17
PMID:28794543
Severe Hyponatremia Associated with Use of Black Cohosh during Prolonged Labor and Unsuccessful Home Birth Blitz MJ, Smith-Levitin M, Rochelson B AJP Rep 01-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC4794442
doi:10.1055/s-0036-1579537
PMID:26989565
Biosynthetic insights provided by unusual sesterterpenes from the medicinal herb Aletris farinosa Challinor VL, Johnston RC, Bernhardt PV, Lehmann RP, Krenske EH, De Voss JJ Chem Sci 06-Jul-2015
PMCID:PMC5633834
doi:10.1039/c5sc02056e
PMID:29081941
New Perspectives on How to Discover Drugs from Herbal Medicines: CAM's Outstanding Contribution to Modern Therapeutics Pan SY, Zhou SF, Gao SH, Yu ZL, Zhang SF, Tang MK, Sun JN, Ma DL, Han YF, Fong WF, Ko KM Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 24-Mar-2013
PMCID:PMC3619623
doi:10.1155/2013/627375
PMID:23634172
Ecological context and metapopulation dynamics affect sex-ratio variation among dioecious plant populations Field DL, Pickup M, Barrett SC Ann Bot 26-Feb-2013
PMCID:PMC3631328
doi:10.1093/aob/mct040
PMID:23444124
Rate accelerations in nuclear 18S rDNA of mycoheterotrophic and parasitic angiosperms Lemaire B, Huysmans S, Smets E, Merckx V J Plant Res 25-Dec-2010
PMCID:PMC3159761
doi:10.1007/s10265-010-0395-5
PMID:21188459
In Vitro Screening for the Tumoricidal Properties of International Medicinal Herbs Mazzio EA, Soliman KF Phytother Res 01-Mar-2009
PMCID:PMC2650746
doi:10.1002/ptr.2636
PMID:18844256
Podophyllum Peltatum and Observations on the Creek and Cherokee Indians: William Bartram’s Preservation of Native American Pharmacology Ray LE Yale J Biol Med 01-Mar-2009
PMCID:PMC2660592
PMID:19325943
Veterinary Herbal Medicine: A Systems-Based Approach Wynn SG, Fougère BJ Veterinary Herbal Medicine 01-Jan-2007
PMCID:PMC7151902
doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-02998-8.50024-X
Assortative mating and differential male mating success in an ash hybrid zone population Gérard PR, Klein EK, Austerlitz F, Fernández-Manjarrés JF, Frascaria-Lacoste N BMC Evol Biol 15-Nov-2006
PMCID:PMC1660552
doi:10.1186/1471-2148-6-96
PMID:17107611

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