Veratrum album L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1044 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to N. Russian Far East. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, North European Russia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • GBIF (2008- continuously updated). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Malyschev L.I. & Peschkova , G.A. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Siberia 4: 1-238. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Rico, E. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora Iberica 20: 1-651. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
S[illegible] [s.n.] Portugal K001613440 Yes
[Maximowiz] [s.n.] K002776375 Yes
s.coll. [888] China K002776452 Yes
Wyatt, J.W. [41] Austria K002776309 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K002776314 Yes
Willmott, E.A.; Bonnet [s.n.] France K002776307 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002776373 Yes
[Beuley] [s.n.] Russia K002776372 Yes
[G. Tohrab] [262] K002776339 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K002776310 Yes
s.coll. [77-22] K002776376 Yes
Sintenis, P. [1698] K002776325 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002776311 Yes
Lousley, J.E. [1030/1] Switzerland K002776312 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002776327 Yes
Fellman, N.I.; Wright, C. [s.n.] Russia K002776333 Yes
[L. C. R. Niessel] [[H2165]] United Kingdom K002776317 Yes
[Leemann] [1289] K002776315 Yes
Huguenin, A.; [illegible] [s.n.] France K002776332 Yes
Maximowicz, C.J. [s.n.] Japan K000400446 Type Yes
[S. C. Archley] [949] Greece K002776338 Yes
Furuse, M. [45587] Japan K002776454 Yes
Stainton, J.D.A. [7863] North Macedonia K002776337 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [19073] Switzerland K002776322 Yes
James, H.E.M. [s.n.] China K002776451 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002776326 Yes
A.G.G. [s.n.] Switzerland K002776321 Yes
[Maads] [s.n.] K002776374 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K002776328 Yes
[Leeman] [1738] K002776329 Yes
[J. Leyker gambler] [s.n.] K002776323 Yes
[Jurgnanmoron] [s.n.] K002776320 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002776517 Yes
Urban, A.E. [7203] Bulgaria K002776318 Yes
Krajina, V. [s.n.] Slovakia K002776308 Yes
Wrigley, T.C. [65/1424] North Macedonia K002776313 Yes
Grubb, P.J.; Robinson, N.A. [278] North Macedonia K002776341 Yes
Stainton, J.D.A. [7863] North Macedonia K002776336 Yes
Grubb, P.J.; Robinson, N. [278] K002776340 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002776306 Yes
s.coll. [[H1483]] K002776316 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002776324 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002776518 Yes
[E. Falier] [888] China K002776453 Yes
Henry, A. [6060] China K000400447 Isotype Yes
Henry, A. [6060] China K000400448 Type Yes
Furuse, M. [45587] Japan K002776455 Yes
Pallon, I. [s.n.] Russia Veratrum album subsp. virescens K002776342 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Veratrum album var. viridiflorum K002776334 Yes
{Huter} [s.n.] Austria Veratrum album var. viridiflorum K002776335 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Science Photographs

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