Veratrum L.
Publ. & Syn.L., Sp. Pl.: 1044 (1753).
NotesWe assign the plants of Veratrum that reach the Arctic to three species: a Eurasian tetraploid species (with variation), a North American tetraploid species with a western and an eastern race (the latter non-arctic), and a northeastern Siberian and amphi-Beringian 8-12-ploid species.
Chromosomes32 (4x). - Siberia (N, S), Asia (C). - Several reports.
GeographyAsian (N/C): SIB.
Parent taxonMelanthiaceae
Child taxa Veratrum album L.
Veratrum oxysepalum Turcz.
Veratrum viride Aiton
PAF ID2502
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Panarctic Flora Editor-in-Chief: Reidar Elven (Natural History Museum, University of Oslo)
Editorial Committee: Reidar Elven, David F. Murray (Museum of the North, University of Alaska), Volodya Yu. Razzhivin (Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences), Boris A. Yurtsev [deceased] (Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences)