Veratrum nigrum

Taxonavigation[edit]

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[edit]

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

Synonyms[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Primary references[edit]

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

Links[edit]

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[edit]

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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