Veratrum viride

Veratrum viride

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. Veratrum
Species: Veratrum viride
Varietates: V. v. var. eschscholzianum – V. v. var. viride

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

References

Primary references

• Aiton, W. 1789. Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Vol. III. Diadelphia–Cryptogamia. 547 pp., tt. 11–12. [13]. George Nicol, London. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• McNeal, D.W. jr. & Shaw, A.D. 2002. Veratrum. Pp. 72–76 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 26: Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. 723 pp. Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford, ISBN 0-19-515208-5. efloras FNA Website Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Veratrum viride in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Veratrum viride. Published online. Accessed: November 27 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Veratrum viride. 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 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Veratrum viride. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 November 2023.

Vernacular names

English: American false hellebore
svenska: Grön nysrot

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