Herb-Paris, False Hellebores, Trilliums and allies
Melanthiaceae
Melanthiaceae is a family of flowering perennial herbs native to the Northern Hemisphere. Along with many other lilioid monocots, early authors considered members of this family to belong to the family Liliaceae, in part because both their sepals and petals closely resemble each other and are often large and showy like those of lilies, while some more recent taxonomists have placed them in a family Trilliaceae. The most authoritative modern treatment, however, the APG III system
5 branches of this family, most-observed first
Parideae
tribeParideae
Melanthieae
tribeMelanthieae
Xerophylleae
tribeXerophylleae
Chionographideae
tribeChionographideae
Heloniadeae
tribeHeloniadeae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Melanthiaceae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49464.