Veratrum album

Veratrum album

Veratrum album

Taxonavigation

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

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Finland, Norway. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe France, Portugal, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia, Yakutskiya. Regional: Russian Far East Magadan. Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

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

Additional references

• Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.) 1980. Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). xxxvi + 452 pp., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge / London / New Rochelle / Melbourne / Sydney, ISBN 0-521-20108-X. Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Veratrum album 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 album. Published online. Accessed: November 26 2023. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Veratrum album. 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 album. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 November 2023. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Veratrum album in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2023 November 26. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• aragonés: Milloquera de puerto
• azərbaycanca: Ağ asırqal
• català: Veladre
• čeština: Kýchavice bílá
• dansk: Hvid Foldblad
• Deutsch: Weißer Germer
• English: White False-helleborine
• Esperanto: Blanka heleboro
• español: Ballestera blanca
• فارسی: وراتروم آلبوم
• suomi: Valkopärskäjuuri
• français: Vérâtre blanc
• galego: Surbia
• hornjoserbsce: Běła kichawa
• magyar: Fehér zászpa
• íslenska: Hnerrarót
• italiano: Veratro
• 日本語: バイケイソウ
• lietuvių: Lobelio čemerys
• Nederlands: Dodenwaad
• ирон: Нæлгæндыс
• polski: Ciemiężyca biała
• русский: Чемерица белая
• slovenčina: Kýchavica biela
• slovenščina: Bela čmerika
• српски / srpski: Бела чемерика
• svenska: Vit nysrot
• Türkçe: Ak çöpleme
• українська: Чемериця біла

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