| Source: | World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 
 
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                            | Name: | Veratrum nigrum L. | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | Sp. Pl.: 1044. 1753 | 
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | Species | 
                          
                            | Status: | ACCEPTED | 
	
		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta
 Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
 Class - Magnoliopsida
 Superordo - Lilianae
 Ordo - Liliales
 Familia - Melanthiaceae
 Genus - Veratrum L.
 
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                            | Homotypic synonyms: | Helonias nigra (L.) Ker Gawl. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Melanthium nigrum (L.) Thunb. | 
                          
                          
                            | Heterotypic synonyms: | Veratrum bracteatum Batalin | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Veratrum purpureum Salisb. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Veratrum ussuriense (O. Loes.) Nakai | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Veratrum nigrum subsp. ussuriense (O. Loes.) Vorosch. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Veratrum nigrum var. ussuriense O. Loes. | 
                          
						  
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		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | Al Au Bu By Cz Ga Gr He Hu It Ju Po Rf(C) Rm Uk(U) |