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Taxon

Helleborus viridis L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 558. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Helleborus viridis--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03.  001.jpg

Helleborus viridis--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Helleborus viridis--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 002.jpg

Helleborus viridis--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Helleborus viridis--Italy. Univ. Fir., Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03.  (1).jpg

Helleborus viridis--Italy. Univ. Fir., Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. (1).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ranunculales

Family

Ranunculaceae

Genus

Helleborus

Species

viridis

Taxonomic opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Distribution

Native to Greece, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe; introduced into Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 22, 2003

Location

Italy, Tuscany (Giardino dei Semplici)

Location Remarks

Via Pier Antonio Micheli, 3, Firenze (Florence). On the campus of the University of Florence.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.0

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#257,101 of 335,497

Top 77%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →