Narthecium Explained

Narthecium is a Eurasian and North American genus of herbaceous flowering plants. This genus was traditionally treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae, but the APG II system of 2003 placed it in the family Nartheciaceae.^[1]

The global distribution of the genus is widely disjunct, with species in Europe, Southwest Asia, Japan, the East Coast of the United States, and the West Coast of the United States.^{[2] [3] [4]} Narthecium americanum was a candidate for listing under the federal Endangered Species Act in the United States.

Species^{[2] [3]}

• Narthecium americanum Ker Gawl. – Eastern United States (†North and †South Carolina, Maryland, †Delaware, New Jersey)^{[5] [6]}
• Narthecium asiaticum Maxim. – Japan
• Narthecium balansae Briq. – Turkey, Caucasus
• Narthecium californicum Baker – mountains of northern + central California, southwestern Oregon^{[7] [8]}
• Narthecium ossifragum (L.) Huds. – Scandinavia (including Faeroe Islands), British Isles, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium
• Narthecium reverchonii Celak. – Corsica^[9]
• Narthecium scardicum Košanin – Greece, Albania, Yugoslavia

Notes and References

1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group . 2009 . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society . 161 . 2 . 105–121 . 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x . free . 10654/18083 . free .
2. Web site: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. apps.kew.org. en-GB. 2017-01-24.
3. Web site: 2013 BONAP North American Plant Atlas. TaxonMaps. bonap.net. 2017-01-24.
4. Web site: Narthecium in Flora of North America @ efloras.org. www.efloras.org. 2017-01-24.
5. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Narthecium%20americanum.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map, Narthecium americanum
6. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Narthecium%20montanum.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map, Narthecium montanum, syn of N. americanum
7. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Narthecium%20californicum.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map, Narthecium californicum
8. Web site: Calflora: Narthecium californicum. www.calflora.org. en. 2017-01-24.
9. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=narthecium+reverchonii Altervista Flora Italiana, Narthecium reverchonii Celak.