Helleborus orientalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Ranunculaceae
Subfamilia: Ranunculoideae
Tribus: Helleboreae
Genus: Helleborus
Sectio: H. sect. Helleborastrum
Species: Helleborus orientalis
Subspecies: H. o. subsp. abchasicus – H. o. subsp. orientalis

Name

Helleborus orientalis Lam., Encycl. 3(1): 96. 1789.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Helleborus casta-diva N.Busch, Trav. Soc. Nat. Petersb. Bot. 33. 1903 (Fl. Cauc. Crit. 3. 3. 225).

Hybrids

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark (casual), Great Britain (naturalised), Ireland (casual), Sweden (casual)
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria (alien), Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, casual), Germany (naturalised), Switzerland (alien).
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Croatia, alien)
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya)
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Turkey.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: New Zealand
  - Chatham Islands (introduced)
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - District of Columbia (introduced).

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

References

Lamarck, J.-B. 1789–1792 [1789]. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique. Tome 3. viii + 759 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Helleborus orientalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct 27. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Helleborus orientalis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct 27. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Helleborus orientalis Lam. in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2014-03-27.
Helleborus orientalis Lam. – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Helleborus orientalis – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
EOL: Helleborus orientalis

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Orientalische Nieswurz
English: Lenten rose, Lenten hellebore, oriental hellebore
suomi: Idänjouluruusu
íslenska: Fösturós
日本語: ハルザキクリスマスローズ, レンテンローズ
Nederlands: Lenteroos
svenska: Turkisk julros
Türkçe: Çöplemecik, Danabağırtan, Bohça otu

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