Trillium catesbaei Elliott
Bashful wakerobin
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| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
| Subclass | Liliidae | Includes lilies, orchids, and many others |
| Order | Liliales | Includes lilies, tulips, trilliums, greenbriars, and others |
| Family | Melanthiaceae | Trillium family |
| Genus | Trillium | “Three-petaled lily” |
| Species | catesbaei | A Latinized epithet honoring the English naturalist Mark Catesby (1682-1749), famous for his natural history works on North American flora and fauna, including The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands |
Trillium catesbaei description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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