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Taxon:  Helleborus orientalis Lam.



Summary
Genus:
Helleborus
Subgenus:
Helleborastrum
Section:
Helleborastrum
Family:
Ranunculaceae
Subfamily:
Ranunculoideae
Tribe:
Helleboreae
Nomen number:
404779
Place of publication:
Encycl. 3:96. 1789
Verified:
04/14/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Helleborus ×heyderi hort. ex Schiffn.
Helleborus abchasicus A. Braun
Helleborus caucasicus A. Braun
Helleborus guttatus A. Braun & F. W. H. Sauer
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  3. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  5. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  6. Grossheim, A. A. et al., eds. 1939-. Flora Kavkaza, ed. 2.
  7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  8. Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
  9. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: treats as Helleborus caucasicus A. Br.
  10. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  11. McLewin, W. & B. Mathew. 1998. Hellebores: 6. Helleborus orientalis and Helleborus ×hybridus. New Plantsman 5:117-124.
  12. Strid, A. & K. Tan, eds. 1997-. Flora hellenica. Note: not confirmed to be in Greece
  13. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
  14. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Common names
English
lenten-rose –
French
hellébore d'Orient –
German
orientalische Nieswurz –
Swedish
turkisk julros –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationAdygea 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKrasnodar 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkeyBolu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkeyÇorum 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkeyKastamonu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkeySinop 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkeyTokat 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkeyTrabzon 
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeTurkeyİstanbul 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey [Bolu, Çorum, Kastamonu, Sinop, Tokat, Trabzon]
  • CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Adygea, Dagestan, Krasnodar]
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Turkey [İstanbul]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=404779. Accessed 17 May 2025.