Taxon: Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link

Common names:

• little false Solomon's-seal   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• star false Solomon's-seal   (Source: F Canada [as Smilacina stellata]) – English
  
• starflower-Solomon's-seal   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• smilacine étoilée   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  
• stjärnrams   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory; United States - Alaska
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Coahuila, Nuevo Leon

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• CONABIO. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad en Mexico. Sistema Integrado de Información Taxonómica (SIIT) (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• LaFrankie, J. L., Jr. 1986. Transfer of the species of Smilacina to Maianthemum (Liliaceae). Taxon 35:584–589.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. [= Smilacina stellata].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Maianthemum stellatum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Maianthemum stellatum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Maianthemum stellatum.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Smilacina stellata (L.) Desf.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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