Stenanthium texanum

Family:MELANTHIACEAE
Species:Stenanthium texanum (Bush) Sorrie & Weakley
Common Name:Crow Poison; Death Camas
Habitat:Moist pine savannas in lower coastal plain.
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:This species was long treated as Zigadenus leimanthoides (A. Gray) A. Gray or more recently Stenanthium leimanthoides (A. Gray) Zomlefer & Judd), an entity now known to be restricted to the southern Appalachians but outside of Alabama to the NE. In 2017, Sorrie and Weakley demonstrated robust plants usually bearing panicles along the Gulf Coastal Plain were distinct from S. leimanthoides which led them to describe a new taxon S. macrum Sorrie and Weakley. It was later discovered that an older applicable name for these plants existed (Tracyanthus angustifolius var. texanus Bush 1906). Sorrie and Weakley (2018) resurrected this taxon and transferred to the appropriate genus Stenanthium as S. texanum (Bush) Sorrie & Weakley. Specimens below still attributed to S. leimanthoides and Z. leimanthoides should be reevaluated but will most likely be identifiable with Stenanthium texanum.--B.R. Keener
Status:Native, S1 (State Rank)
References:WeakLey, A.S., D.B. Poindexter, R.J. LeBlond, B.A. Sorrie, C.H. Karlsson, P.J. Williams, E.L. Bridges, S.L. Orzell, B.R. Keener, A. Weeks, R.D. Noyes, M. Flores-Cruz, J.T. Diggs, G.D. Gann, & A.J. Floden. 2017. New combinations, rank changes, and nomenclatural and taxonomic comments in the vascular flora of the southeastern United States. II. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 11:291–325.
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyMELANTHIACEAE - Bunchflower family
Genus Stenanthium
Species Stenanthium texanum (Bush) Sorrie & Weakley - Crow Poison; Death Camas

Citation

Citation Stenanthium texanum (Bush) Sorrie & Weakley, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 12(1): 56. 2018.
Basionym: Tracyanthus angustifolius var. texanus Bush 1906.
Type: USA: TEXAS: Smith Co.: Swan, J. Reverchon 2782, 16 May 1902 (lectotype: MO 1702776 ; isolectypes: GH, MO 1702774, MO 1702775, MO 1702777, NY, RSA, US). Lectotypified by Sorrie and Weakley, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 12(1): 56.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Amianthium texanum Amianthium texanum (Bush) R.R. Gates, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 44(296): 148. 1918.Tracyanthus angustifolius var. texanus Bush 1906. 
Stenanthium macrum Stenanthium macrum Sorrie & Weakley, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas11(2): 281, 283–285, f. 3 [map], 6. 2017. USA. ALABAMA. Mobile Co.: S of Theodore in sunny moist field, 1 May 1965, R. Deramus 420 (holotype NCU; isotypes: IBE, UNA, VDB).
Tracyanthus angustifolius var. texanus Tracyanthus angustifolius var. texanus Bush, Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 17: 119. 1906. USA: TEXAS: Smith Co.: Swan, J. Reverchon 2782, 16 May 1902 (lectotype: MO 1702776 ; isolectypes: GH, MO 1702774, MO 1702775, MO 1702777, NY, RSA, US). Lectotypified by Sorrie and Weakley, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 12(1): 56.
Tracyanthus texanus Tracyanthus texanus (Bush) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. (ed. 2) 1375. 1913.Tracyanthus angustifolius var. texanus Bush 1906. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Barbour, Escambia, Mobile, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1965 - 1965

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UWAL0035311 Mobile 23 Apr 2015 Horne, Howard E.
2836.1
UWAL
Stenanthium leimanthoides (A. Gray) Zomlefer & Judd
UNA00007967 Mobile 01 May 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
420
UNA
Zigadenus leimanthoides Gray
SAMF0000541 Mobile 01 May 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
420
SAMF
Zigadenus leimanthoides A. Gray
ALNHS00003168 Washington 12 May 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1718
ALNHS
Stenanthium texanum (Bush) Sorrie & Weakley
AUA_ACC_58483 Escambia 28 Apr 1999 Searcy, Darryl
AUA
Stenanthium Leimanthoides (Gray) Zomlefer & Gray
TROY000032364 Barbour 30 May 2008 Morris, M. Wayne
s.n.
TROY
Stenanthium leimanthoides (A. Gray) Zomlefer & Judd
AUA_ACC_57201 Washington 1 Jun 1972 Kral, Robert
47056
AUA
Stenanthium Leimanthoides (Gray) Zomlefer & Gray
TROY000032363 Barbour 30 May 2008 Morris, M. Wayne
s.n.
TROY
Stenanthium leimanthoides (A. Gray) Zomlefer & Judd
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