Veratrum maackii var. japonicum

Family	Melanthiaceae (also placed in Liliaceae)
Tribe	Melanthieae
Scientific name	Veratrum maackii Regel var. japonicum (Baker) T. Schmizu
Synonyms	Veratrum atroviolaceum Loesener; Veratrum bohnhofii O. Loesener; Veratrum japonicum (Baker) O. Loesener; Veratrum japonicum (Baker) O. Loesener var. reymondianum (O. Loesener) O. Loesener; Veratrum maackii Regel subsp. japonica (Baker) J. H. Zimmerman; Veratrum maackii Regel subsp. reymondianum (O. Loesener) J. H. Zimmerman; Veratrum maackii Regel var. parviflorum forma japonicum (Baker) H. Hara; Veratrum maackii Regel var. reymondianum (O. Loesener) H. Hara; Veratrum mandschuricum O. Loesener; Veratrum nigrum L. subsp. maackii Kitamura var. japonicum Baker; Veratrum nigrum L. var. japonicum Baker; Veratrum nigrum L. var. maackii (Regel) Maximowicz; Veratrum nigrum L. var. reymondianum O. Loesener; Veratrum sadoense Nakai; Veratrum schindleri O. Loesener; Veratrum versicolor Nakai forma brunneum Nakai; Veratrum warburgii O. Loesener; Zigadenus japonicus Miquel
Common name	(Japanese common name) shuro-sou (シュロソウ, 棕櫚草 [meaning: hemp-palm weed])
	(English common name) none
Distribution	(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Kinki region)
	(Other nations) Korea, China
Habitat	Swamp in forest or fields
Chromosomal number	2n=16
Description	Plants 60-100cm tall. Flowers dark puprle tepals each 5.5mm long, flowering in July to August. Perennial plants.
Reference	Veratrum maackii Regel
	Veratrum schindleri Loesener
	Veratrum japonicum (Baker) Loes.
	Veratrum maackii chloroplast
	Use of steroidal alkaloids to reverse multidrug resistance (WIPO Patent WO/2001/049279)
	Composition for skin whitening (WIPO Patent WO/2003/057183)

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August 2006 at Ikenodaira Highland