Melanthiaceae
Veratrum

Veratrum californicum Durand

First published in J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, 3: 103 (1855)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. U.S.A. to New Mexico and Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango). It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1996). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(6): 1-116. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1996). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(6): 1-116. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
K:SPC-23876.000 No
[Culbertson] [[4]322] United States K002776469 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002776519 Yes
Ewan, J.A. [9988] United States K002776472 Yes
Sandberg, J.H.; MacDougal, D.T.; Heller, A.A. [741] United States K002776478 Yes
Townsend, C.H.T.; Barber, C.M. [235] Mexico K002776516 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002776471 Yes
{Bridges} [256] United States K002776476 Yes
Hansen, G. [586] United States K002776470 Yes
Hansen [586] United States K002776474 Yes
Cusack [s.n.] United States K002776473 Yes
Hansen, G. [586] United States K002776479 Yes
Bidwell, J. [s.n.] United States K002776475 Yes
Sandberg, J.H.; Leiberg, J.B. [5[7]8] United States K002776467 Yes
Lobb, W. [323] K002776477 Yes
Leiberg, J.B. [[1060]] United States K002776468 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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

    • Copyright applied to individual images