Veratrum nigrum

Taxonavigation

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. Fuscoveratrum
Subsectio: V. subsect. Asiaveratrum
Species: Veratrum nigrum

Name

Veratrum nigrum L., Sp. Pl.: 1044 (1753).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Veratrum purpureum Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 214 (1796), nom. superfl.
- Melanthium nigrum (L.) Thunb., Melanthio: 8 (1797).
- Helonias nigra (L.) Ker Gawl., J. Sci. Arts (London) 1: 184 (1816).
Heterotypic
- Veratrum bracteatum Batalin, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 13: 106 (1893).
- Veratrum nigrum var. ussuriense O.Loes., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 70 (1927).
  - Veratrum ussuriense (O.Loes.) Nakai, Rep. Inst. Sci. Res. Manchoukuo 1: 335 (1937).
  - Veratrum nigrum subsp. ussuriense (O.Loes.) Vorosch. in A.K.Skvortsov (ed.), Florist. Issl. Razn. Raionakh SSSR: 158 (1985).
- Veratrum nigrum var. microcarpum Loes., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 8 (1928).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Central European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan.
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central.
- Regional: Mongolia
  - Mongolia.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Korea.

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

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1044. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Veratrum nigrum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Veratrum nigrum. Published online. Accessed: November 26 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Veratrum nigrum. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 26. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Veratrum nigrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 November 2023.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Veratrum nigrum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2009-01-30.

Vernacular names

català: Hellèbor negre fals
čeština: Kýchavice černá
Deutsch: Schwarzer Germer
English: Black False Hellebore
suomi: Tummapärskäjuuri
français: Vérâtre noir
hornjoserbsce: Čorna kichawa
italiano: Veratro nero
Nederlands: Zwarte nieswortel
polski: Ciemiężyca czarna
svenska: Svart nysrot

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