Melanthiaceae

Veratrum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1044 (1753), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Northern Hemisphere to N. Mexico.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, East European Russia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Idaho, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, South Carolina, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tennessee, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Ukraine, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0