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ma·ianthe·mum
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Maianthemum, genus Maianthemumnoun
sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: false lily of the valley
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Maianthemum
Maianthemum includes the former genus Smilacina and is a genus of perennial herbaceous flowering plants with fleshy, persistent rhizomes. It is widespread across much of North America, Europe and Asia, and may be terrestrial, aquatic or epiphytic. It is characterized by simple, unbranched stems that are upright, leaning or hanging down and have 2–17 foliage leaves. Leaves are simple and may clasp the stem or be short-petiolate. The inflorescence is terminal and either a panicle or a raceme with few to many pedicelate flowers. Most species have 6 tepals and 6 stamens; a few have parts in 4s. Tepals are distinct in most species and all of similar size. Flowers are spreading, cup-shaped or bell-shaped and usually white, but lavender to red or green in some species. Fruits are rounded to lobed berries containing few to several seeds.
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maianthemum
Maianthemum is a genus of rhizomatous, herbaceous, perennial flowering plants, often referred to as "May lilies". They are native to the understory of woodlands in the Northern Hemisphere and are characterized by small, white flowers and often, a denseness of growth.
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Maianthemum
Maianthemum is a genus of about 30 species of rhizomatous, herbaceous, perennial flowering plants, native to the understory of woodlands in North America, Guatemala, Panama, western Europe and eastern Asia. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae. Because of genetic similarity, similar fruits, and evidence that the 4-tepal species evolved from a 6-tepal species, the genus Smilacina was combined with Maianthemum in the late 20th century. Like many lilioid monocots, both Maianthemum and Smilacina were formerly included in the family Liliaceae. The genus has also been placed in the former family Convallariaceae, and resembles the closely related Polygonatum, hence the common name "false Solomon's seal". Flowers have six tepals, reduced to four in M. canadense, M. bifolium and M. dilatatum.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of maianthemum in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of maianthemum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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