A New Combination in Toxicoscordion (Melanthiaceae) for the Rocky Mountain Region, North America

2009·1.3 MB·English

by  Jeffrey W Brasher

A New Combination in Toxicoscordion (Melanthiaceae) for the Rocky
Mountain Region, North America
Jeffrey 11. Brasher
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado 80639,
U.S.A. Current address: Rocky Mountain Herbarium, University of Wyoming,
Department of Botany, Dept. 3165, 1000 E. University Ave.,
Uaramie, Wyoming 82071-3165, U.S.A. [email protected]
(Rydberg) 0. S. Walsh ex C. L. Hitchcock, Vase.
PL Pacific NW 1: 815. 1969. TYPE: U.S.A.
28 June 1897, P. A. Rydberg & E. A. Bessey 3848
Rvdberg. Bull. Torrev Bot. Club 30: 272. 1903. T4PE:
U.S.A. Idaho: Nez Perce Co., May 1892,./. //. Sandberg
Zigadenus acutus Rydberg, Bull. Toney Bot. Club 27: 536.
1900. Toxicoscordion acutum (Rydberg) Rydberg, Bull.
Toney Bot. Club 30: 272. 1903. TYPE: U.S.A. South
Dakota: Black Hills, Box Elder Creek, June 1887, W. S.
Zigadenus falcatus Rydberg, Bull. Toney Bot. Club 27: 536.
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of the two varieties are as follows (USDA, 2009). Both
Mountain Region (Snow, 2009).
Bull. Toney Bot. Club 30: 272. 1903. Basionvm:
Arts 14:279.1879, as Zygadenus venenosus. TYPE:
U.S.A. Utah: Summit Co., Parley’s Peak, 6000 ft.,
by Reveal, 1977: 488, GH not seen).
woods from 500 to 1300 m (Schwartz, 2002), whereas
drained grasslands from 0 to 2500 m.
Bull. Torrev Bob Club 27: 535. 1900, as
rado by Weber and Wittmann (1992, 2001) as one
neum (Rydberg) Rydberg, Bull. Toney Bot. Club
30: 272. 1903. Zigadenus venenosus S. Watson
Peck, Man. PL Oregon 1941, nom. inval.
Zomlefer & Judd, 2002; Zomlefer, 2003).
doi: 10.3417/2004082 Novon 19: 295-296. Published on 11 September 2009.