Veratrum nigrum

Veratrum nigrum

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. Fuscoveratrum
Subsectio: V. subsect. Asiaveratrum
Species: Veratrum nigrum

Name

Veratrum nigrum L.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Helonias nigra (L.) Ker Gawl.
  • Melanthium nigrum (L.) Thunb., Diss. Melanth. 8, 1797.
• Heterotypic
  • Veratrum bracteatum Batalin
  • Veratrum nigrum subsp. ussuriense (Loesener) Voroschilov
  • Veratrum nigrum var. microcarpum Loesener
  • Veratrum nigrum var. ussuriense Loesener
  • Veratrum purpureum Salisb., Prodr. 214 (1796). nom. illeg.
  • Veratrum ussuriense (Loesener) Nakai

References

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

Vernacular names

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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