Veratrum viride

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Liliales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Liliales

Familia: Melanthiaceae
Tribus: Melanthieae
Genus: Veratrum
Sectio: V. sect. Veratrum
Species: Veratrum viride
Varietates: V. v. var. eschscholzianum – V. v. var. viride

Name edit

Veratrum viride Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 422 (1789).

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Helonias viridis (Aiton) Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1096 (1808).
    • Veratrum album f. viride (Aiton) Regel, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 153 (1861), nom. illeg.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Subarctic America
      • Alaska, Northwest Territories, Yukon.
    • Regional: Western Canada
      • Alberta, British Columbia.
    • Regional: Eastern Canada
      • Labrador, New Brunswick.
    • Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington.
    • Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia.
    • Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California.
    • Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

English: American false hellebore
svenska: Grön nysrot
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