Table 2. Names for genera within the Trilliaceae

genus name citation reason
Trillium L. Species Plantarum 339
1753
"trigynia hexandria"
Paris L. Species Plantarum 367
1753
"tetragynia octandria"
Alopicarpous Neck. Elem. 2:369
1790
because "Paris, vox gallica," was too significant and should be rejected as a genus name.
Demidovia Hoffm. Hort. Mosq. f.2
1808
because it was apetalous.
Delostylis Raf. Jour. Phys. 89:102
1819
because they possessed a common style.
Phyllantherum Raf. Jour. Phys. 91:72
1820
because they lacked a pedicel.
Cartalinia Szov. in Kunth Enum. Pl. 5:119
1836
in synonymy for Paris incompleta M.Bieb.
Daiswa Raf. Fl. Tell. 4:18
1836
because they were 5-merous.
Trillidium Kunth Enum. Pl. 5:120
1850
because it was halfway between Paris and Trillium. The whole perianth was colored, the anther dehiscence was extrorse, the stigma was subulate, and the perianth was hexamerous.
Esdra Salisb. Gen. Pl. Frag. 60
1866
because all its organs strictly sessile.
Euthrya Salisb. Gen. Pl. Frag. 61
1866
because it has a capsular fruit with a common style.
Kinugasa Tatewaki and Sutô Trans. Sapporo
Nat. Hist. Soc. 14:34
1935
different from Paris because of petaloid sepals and caespitose habit; different from Trillium by the shape of the leaves and the number of floral parts; and different from Trillidium by rhizome characters, merosity, and shape of pistil and leaves.
Pseudotrillium S.Farmer Systematic Botany 27: 687-688
different from Trillium due to spotted petals; different from Trillidium due to petaloid not tepaloid inflorescence; different from Paris because of broad petals, thick rhizome, and seed aril; different from Kinugasa because it has colored sepals and filiform petals; and different from Daiswa because it has narrow petals, dehiscent capsules, and a complete aril.