| Name | Melanthium Linnaeus |
| Authorship | Linnaeus |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Liliaceae |
| Contains | Melanthium latifolium Desrousseaux Melanthium muscaetoxicum Walter Melanthium sp. Melanthium woodii (J. W. Robbins ex Alph. Wood) Bodkin |
| Remarks | Lectotype: M. virginicum Linnaeus (vide N. L. Britton et A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. ed. 2. 1: 493. 7 Jun. 1913) |
| Citation | 1753 Sp. Pl. 1: 339 |
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