Veratrum album

Veratrum album

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG III (down to family level)

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Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Liliales
Familia: Melanthiaceae
Tribus: Melanthieae
Genus: Veratrum
Sectio: V. sect. Veratrum
Species: Veratrum album

Name

Veratrum album L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1044. 1753

Synonyms

Homotypic

• Helleborus albus (L.) Gueldenst., Reis. Russland 2: 196. 1791.
• Melanthium album (L.) Thunb., Diss. Melanth. 8, 1797.

Heterotypic

• Melanthium bracteolare Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 25. 1797.
• Melanthium virens Thunb., Melanthio: 4. 1797.
• Veratrum album f. glabrescens (Zapal.) Soó, Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 365. 1970 publ. 1971.
• Veratrum album f. podolicum (Zapal.) Soó, Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 365. 1970 publ. 1971.
• Veratrum album subsp. albicans Gaudin, Fl. Helv. 6: 311. 1830.
• Veratrum album subsp. misae (Širj.) Tzvelev, in Fl. Evropeiskoi Chasti SSSR 4: 210. 1979.
• Veratrum album var. bosniacum (Beck) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur., Suppl. 2: 311. 1890.
• Veratrum album var. croaticum Beck, Glasn. Zemaljsk. Muz. Bosni Hercegovini 15: 200. 1903.
• Veratrum album var. flavum Griseb., Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 381. 1844.
• Veratrum album var. misae Širj., Acta Bot. Bohem. 2: 41. 1923.
• Veratrum album var. spathulatum Beck, Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 177. 1890.
• Veratrum album var. viride Lapeyr., Hist. Pl. Pyrénées: 611. 1813.
• Veratrum album var. viridiflorum Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 2: 625. 1826.
• Veratrum bosniacum Beck, Ann. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 2: 50. 1887.
• Veratrum bosniacum var. albanicum O.Loes., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 62. 1927.
• Veratrum croaticum (Beck) O.Loes., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 68: 133. 1926.
• Veratrum flavum (Griseb.) O.Loes., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 68: 133. 1926.
• Veratrum lobelianum f. oppositifolium Cheshm., Fitologiya 7: 75. 1977.
• Veratrum lobelianum subsp. misae (Širj.) Šourková, Novit. Bot. Univ. Carol. 1988(4): 65. 1988.
• Veratrum lobelianum var. glabrescens Zapal., Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 1: 173. 1906.
• Veratrum lobelianum var. misae (Širj.) O.Loes., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 68: 132. 1926.
• Veratrum lobelianum var. obovatum Beck, Glasn. Zemaljsk. Muz. Bosni Hercegovini 15: 200. 1903.
• Veratrum lobelianum var. podolicum Zapal., Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 1: 173. 1906.
• Veratrum misae (Širj.) O.Loes., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 65. 1927.
• Veratrum parviflorum Bong., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Divers Savans, VI, 2: 166. 1833, nom. illeg.
• Veratrum polygamum Gilib., Exerc. Phyt. 2: 463. 1792, opus utique oppr.
• Veratrum viride Röhl., Deutschl. Fl., ed. 2, 2: 237. 1813, nom. illeg. non Aiton.

References

• GRIN Taxonomy for Plants

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Weißer Germer, Nieswurz, Läusewurzel, Lauskraut
English: European white-hellebore, white-hellebore
Español: Vedegambre, Ballestero
Magyar: Fehér zászpa
日本語: バイケイソウ
Slovenščina: Bela čmerika
Svenska: Vit nysrot
Türkçe: Ak çöpleme

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