Maianthemum
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Maianthemum is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Ruscaceae, native to North America, Central America, northern Europe, northern and eastern Asia, and the Himalaya. The name derives from Latin for "May flower".
They are rhizomatous understory herbaceous plants. The flowers have six tepals, reduced to four in M. canadense, M. bifolium and M. dilatatum.
The genus Smilacina was combined with Maianthemum in 1986 due to their genetic similarity.
- Selected species
- Maianthemum atropurpureum
- Maianthemum bifolium May Lily
- Maianthemum canadense False Lily-of-the-valley
- Maianthemum dahuricum
- Maianthemum dilatatum Snakeberry, Wild Lilly of the Valley
- Maianthemum forrestii
- Maianthemum formosanum
- Maianthemum fusciduliflorum
- Maianthemum fuscum
- Maianthemum gongshanense
- Maianthemum henryi
- Maianthemum japonicum
- Maianthemum lichiangense
- Maianthemum nanchuanense
- Maianthemum oleraceum
- Maianthemum purpureum
- Maianthemum racemosum False Solomon's-seal
- Maianthemum stellatum Stary Solomon's-seal
- Maianthemum stenolobum
- Maianthemum szechuanicum
- Maianthemum tatsienense
- Maianthemum trifolium Three-leaf Solomon's-seal
- Maianthemum tubiferum
