- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30322336-2
- Publication
- The Genera of North American Plants. Philadelphia, USA
- Collation
- 1: 236
- Date of Publication
- 14 Jul 1818
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Liliaceae
Type Information
- Type Name
- T. glutinosa (Michx.) Baker 1879 (Narthecium glutinosum Michx.)
- Chosen By
- Britton & A.Br. Ill. Fl. N. U.S. (Britton & Brown), ed. 2. 1: 486. 1913 [7 Jun 1913]
Remarks
Nuttall (pp. 235-236) proposed Tofieldia sect. Triantha Nutt. and included 3 syntype species (e.g., T. glutinosa (Michx.) Pers.). On p. 236, Nuttall mentioned ‘The section here denominated Triantha is unquestionably a genus distinct from the European Tofieldia, as well as from the plant of Carolina, T. glabra; it approaches to Narthecium by the seed, but the flowers are caliculate, and the filaments of the stamina smooth.’ Based on his remark (‘Triantha is unquestionably a genus distinct from the European Tofieldia’), the names ‘Tofieldia sect. Triantha Nutt.’ and ‘Triantha Nutt.’ are considered here as validly published alternative names.