Helleborus orientalis

Helleborus orientalis subsp. 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

• Helleborus × fissus Schiffn.
• Helleborus × lemonnierae Demoly
• Helleborus × lividescens A.Braun & Sauer
• Helleborus × hybridus Voss

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, 2nd 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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