Veronicastrum virginicum

Veronicastrum virginicum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Plantaginaceae
Tribus: Veroniceae
Genus: Veronicastrum
Sectio: V. sect. Veronicastrum
Species: Veronicastrum virginicum

Name

Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw., 1917.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Veronica virginica L., Sp. Pl. 1: 9 (-10). 1753.

• Homotypic
  • Leptandra virginica Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. (Nuttall). 1: 7. 1818.

• Heterotypic
  • Callistachya virginica var. lanceolata Farw., Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 176. 1916.
  • Eustachya alba (Raf.) Raf., Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. 6: 97. 1820.
  • Eustachya oppositifolia Raf., New Fl. N. Amer. (Rafinesque) 2: 21. 1837.
  • Eustachya purpurea (Raf.) Raf., Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. 6: 97. 1820.
  • Leptandra alba (Raf.) Raf., Med. Fl. 2: 21. 1830.
  • Leptandra oppositifolia Raf., New Fl. (Rafinesque) 2: 21. 1837.
  • Leptandra villosa Raf., Med. Fl. 2: 21. 1830.
  • Leptandra virginica var. purpurea Eaton, Man. Bot. (A.Eaton), ed. 5. 275. 1829.
  • Veronica virginica var. hirsuta N.Coleman, Cat. Fl. Pl. S. Peninsula Michigan 27. 1874.
  • Veronica virginica f. purpurea (Pursh) Fosberg, Castanea 20: 59. 1955.
  • Veronicastrum album Moench, Methodus (Moench) 437. 1794.
  • Veronicastrum virginicum f. roseum Farw., Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 21: 370. 1920.
  • Veronicastrum virginicum f. villosum (Raf.) Pennell, Rhodora 23: 6 1921.
  • Veronicastrum virginicum var. lanceolatum (Farw.) Farw., Druggists' Circ. 61: 231. 1917.
  • Veronicastrum virginicum var. purpureum (Pursh) Farw., Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 20: 188. 1918.

References

• Farwell, O.A. 1917. Druggists Circular 61: 231.
• Pennell, F.W. 1935. The Scrophulariaceae of eastern temperate North America. Acad. Nat:, Sci. Philadelphia Monogr. I: i-xiv, 650 p.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Veronicastrum virginicum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 28-Oct-07.

Vernacular names

English: Culver's root, black root
Nederlands: zwarte ereprijs

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