| Mountain deathcamas
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Angiosperms
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| Clade:
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Monocots
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| Order:
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Liliales
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| Family:
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Melanthiaceae
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| Genus:
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Anticlea
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| Species:
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A. elegans
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| Binomial name
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Anticlea elegans
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| Subspecies
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- A. elegans subsp. elegans
- A. elegans subsp. glauca (Nutt.) A.Haines
- A. elegans subsp. vaginata (Rydb.) Palmquist & T.J.Ayers
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| Synonyms
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A. elegans subsp. elegans synonymy - Anticlea alpina
(Blank.) A.Heller, 1910
- Anticlea chlorantha
(Richardson) Rydb., 1903
- Anticlea coloradensis
(Rydb.) Rydb., 1903
- Anticlea gracilenta
(Greene) R.R.Gates, 1918
- Anticlea longa
(Greene) A.Heller, 1910
- Anticlea mohinorensis
(Greenm.) R.R.Gates, 1918
- Gomphostylis bracteata
(Sims) Raf., 1837
- Helonias bracteata
Sims, 1815
- Melanthium hultgreenii
Thunb., 1819
- Zigadenus alpinus
Blank., 1905
- Zigadenus bracteatus
(Sims) Sweet, 1826
- Zigadenus canadensis
Baker, 1879
- Zigadenus chloranthus
Richardson in J.Franklin, 1823
- Zigadenus chloranthus var. major
Hook., 1838
- Zigadenus chloranthus var. minor
Hook. & Arn., 1840
- Zigadenus coloradensis
Rydb., 1900
- Zigadenus commutatus
Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, 1830
- Zigadenus dilatatus
Greene, 1901
- Zigadenus elegans var. coloradensis
(Rydb.) M.E.Jones, 1910
- Zigadenus gracilentus
Greene, 1901
- Zigadenus longus
Greene, 1901
- Zigadenus mohinorensis
Greenm., 1903
- Zigadenus speciosus
Douglas ex Hook, 1838
- Zigadenus speciosus var. minor
Greene, 1894
- Zigadenus washakie
A.Nelson, 1926
A. elegans subsp. glauca synonymy - Anticlea elegans var. glauca
(Nutt.) Zomlefer & Judd, 2009
- Anticlea glauca
(Nutt.) Kunth, 1843
- Evonyxis glauca
(Nutt.) Raf., 1837
- Leimanthium glaucum
(Nutt.) Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, 1830
- Melanthium glaucum
Nutt., 1818
- Zigadenus elegans subsp. glaucus
(Nutt.) Hultén, 1973
- Zigadenus elegans var. glaucus
(Nutt.) Preece in H.A.Gleason & A.Cronquist, 1991
- Zigadenus glaucus
(Nutt.) Nutt., 1834
A. elegans subsp. vaginata synonymy - Anticlea vaginata
Rydb., 1912
- Zigadenus vaginatus
(Rydb.) J.F.Macbr., 1918
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Anticlea elegans, commonly known as mountain deathcamas, elegant camas, or glaucous death-camas, is a trillium-relative in the flowering plant family Melanthiaceae. Three distinct subspecies are included Anticlea elegans subsp. elegans, the type subspecies, plus Anticlea elegans subsp. glauca and Anticlea elegans subsp. vaginata. Anticlea elegans subsp. vaginata is likely a result of a vicariance event at the end of the Pleistocene and the populations are genetically drifting apart. Glacial refugia in at least five US states have formerly hosted populations of Anticlea elegans subsp. glauca, though two are now extirpated. The species is native to most of North America, being absent from California and the Baja California peninsula, the deep southeastern United States, and the far north of Canada. Little is known about the species pollinators, with a small population in Idaho documented to be likely pollinated mostly by flies.