Helleborus orientalis subsp. abchasicus

Helleborus orientalis subsp. abchasicus

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: Helleborus orientalis subsp. abchasicus

Name

Helleborus orientalis subsp. abchasicus (A.Braun) B.Mathew, Hellebores: 90. 1989.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Helleborus abchasicus A.Braun, Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. App. 24. 1853.
• Homotypic
  • Helleborus caucasicus var. abchasicus (A.Braun) Regel, Gartenfl. 93. 1860.
  • Helleborus casta-diva subsp. abchasicus (A.Braun) N.Busch, Fl. Cauc. Crit. 3 226. 1903.
  • Helleborus orientalis var. abchasicus (A.Braun) Demoly, Hellebores Jard. Bellevue 94. 2000.
• Heterotypic
  • Helleborus abchasicus var. albo-virens Kolak.
  • Helleborus abchasicus var. atropurpureus Kolak.
  • Helleborus abchasicus var. flavo-virens Kolak.
  • Helleborus abchasicus var. nervosus Kolak.
  • Helleborus abchasicus var. roseo-punctata Kolak.
  • Helleborus abchasicus var. roseo-virens Kolak.
  • Helleborus abchasicus var. roseus Kolak.
  • Helleborus abchasicus var. sanguineus Kolak.
  • Helleborus abchasicus var. zebrina Kolak.
  • Helleborus atrorubens Hook., nom. illeg. non Waldst. & Kit.
  • Helleborus casta-diva subsp. kochii (Schiffn.) N.Busch, Fl. Cauc. Crit. 3 226. 1903.
  • Helleborus colchicus Regel, Gartenfl. 292. 1856.
    • Helleborus abchasicus var. colchicus (Regel) Regel, Gartenflora. tab. 293. 1860.
  • Helleborus kochii Schiffn., Denkschr. Akad. Naturforsch. 56: 85; et in Bot. Jahrb. 11. (1890) 108. 1896.
  • Helleborus polychromus Kolak., Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 5: 7. 1939.
  • Helleborus porphyromelas A.Braun & C.D.Bouché, Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 13. 1861.
  • Helleborus tinctus Steven ex Rupr., Fl. Caucasi 287. 1869.

Notes

The following names represent hybrids between H. abchasicus and H. guttatus if these are accepted as separate:

• Helleborus × heyderi Hort. ex Schiffn., Denkschr. Akad. Naturforsch. 56: 169. 1890.
• Helleborus orientalis nothovar. heyderi (Schiffn.) Demoly, Hellebores Jard. Bellevue 94. 2000.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus (Abkhaziya, Gruziya). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Schulkina, T.V. 2004. Ornamental plants from Russia and adjacent states. eFloras.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Helleborus orientalis subsp. abchasicus 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 subsp. abchasicus. 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. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2009. 25. Published online. Accessed: Nov 2009.