The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Veratrum

The genus Veratrum is in the family Melanthiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Veratrum

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Veratrum albiflorum Tolm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum album L. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum alpestre Nakai Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum anticleoides (Trautv. & C.A.Mey.) Takeda & Miyake Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum californicum Durand Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Veratrum calycinum Kom. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Veratrum chiengdaoense K.Larsen Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum dahuricum (Turcz.) O.Loes. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum dolichopetalum O.Loes. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum fimbriatum A.Gray Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum formosanum O.Loes. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum grandiflorum (Maxim. ex Miq.) O.Loes. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum insolitum Jeps. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum lobelianum Bernh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum longibracteatum Takeda Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum maackii Regel Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 2
Veratrum mengtzeanum O.Loes. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum micranthum F.T.Wang & Tang Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum nigrum L. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum nipponicum Nakai Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum oblongum O.Loes. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum olbelianum Bernh. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Veratrum oxysepalum Turcz. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum schindleri O.Loes. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum shanense W.W.Sm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum sogdiana Lincz. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Veratrum stamineum Maxim. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum taliense O.Loes. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum × tonussii Poldini Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum versicolor Nakai Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Veratrum viride Aiton Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1

Statistics

The Plant List includes 78 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Veratrum. Of these 27 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 83 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Veratrum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 78 species names for the genus Veratrum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 27 34.6%
Synonym 47 60.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 4 5.1%

All names

The status of the 161 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Veratrum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 31 19.3%
Synonym 126 78.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 4 2.5%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 78 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Veratrum, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 27 45 0 0 72 92.3%
Medium confidence 0 2 0 0 2 2.6%
Low confidence 0 0 0 4 4 5.1%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Veratrum is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 2 0 3 0 5 6.4%
WCSP 27 45 0 1 0 73 93.6%