Helleborus orientalis

Helleborus orientalis subsp. orientalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Ranunculaceae
Subfamilia: Ranunculoideae
Tribus: Helleboreae
Genus: Helleborus
Sectio: H. sect. Helleborastrum
Species:
Subspecies: H. o. subsp. abchasicus – H. o. subsp. guttatus – H. o. subsp. orientalis

Name

Helleborus orientalis Lam., Encycl. 3: 96 (1789).

Hybrids

H. × fissus – H. × lemonnierae – H. × lividescens – H. × hybridus 

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Europe
    • Regional: Northern Europe
      • Denmark (casual), Great Britain (naturalised), Ireland (casual), Sweden (casual)
    • Regional: Middle Europe
      • Austria (alien), Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, casual), Germany (naturalised), Switzerland (alien).
    • Regional: Southeastern Europe
      • Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Croatia, alien)
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Caucasus
      • North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya)
    • Regional: Western Asia
      • Turkey.
  • Continental: Australasia
    • Regional: New Zealand
      • Chatham Islands (introduced)
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
      • District of Columbia (introduced).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

Vernacular names

  • Deutsch: Orientalische Nieswurz
  • English: Lenten rose, Lenten hellebore, oriental hellebore
  • suomi: Idänjouluruusu
  • íslenska: Fösturós
  • 日本語: ハルザキクリスマスローズ, レンテンローズ
  • Nederlands: Lenteroos
  • svenska: Turkisk julros
  • Türkçe: Çöplemecik, Danabağırtan, Bohça otu
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