Editing Heracleum maximum (section)

==Taxonomy==
[[The Plant List]] (which was last updated in 2013) classified ''H.&nbsp;maximum'', ''H.&nbsp;lanatum'', and [[Heracleum sphondylium|''H.&nbsp;sphondylium'']] subsp. ''montanum'' as distinct species.<ref name="tro-1702106" /><ref name="tro-1700134" /><ref name="kew-2898302" /> According to both the [[Integrated Taxonomic Information System]] (ITIS) or the [[National Plant Germplasm System]] (NPGS), ''H.&nbsp;lanatum'' and ''H.&nbsp;maximum'' are synonyms for ''H.&nbsp;sphondylium'' subsp. ''montanum'',<ref name="ITIS-525943" /><ref name="NPGS-319140" /> a name proposed by Brummitt in 1971.{{r|Brummitt 1971|Page et al. 2006}}

According to the Plant List and [[Plants of the World Online]], ''H.&nbsp;lanatum'' and ''H.&nbsp;maximum'' are both accepted names, the latter with no infraspecific taxa.<ref name="tro-1702106" /><ref name="powo" />{{efn|''Heracleum maximum'' is also accepted by the Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN), referencing the in prep family treatment in the [[Flora of North America]] project.<ref name="vascan" />}} On the other hand, neither are recognized as accepted names by either the ITIS or NPGS. Besides ''H.&nbsp;lanatum'' and ''H.&nbsp;maximum'', various scientific names have been attributed to this species.<ref name="UMT-73973" />

Synonyms of the grouping previously classified ''H.&nbsp;lanatum'' include:
* ''Heracleum montanum''
* ''Heracleum sphondylium'' subsp. ''lanatum''
* ''Heracleum sphondylium'' var. ''lanatum''
* ''Heracleum sphondylium'' subsp. ''montanum''

Synonyms listed at Plants of the World Online include:<ref name="powo" />
{{Species list
|Heracleum douglasii |DC.
|Heracleum inperpastum |Koidz.
|Heracleum lanatum |Michx.
|Heracleum sphondylium var. lanatum |(Michx.) Dorn
|Heracleum sphondylium subsp. lanatum |(Michx.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
|Heracleum sphondylium var. tsurugisanense |(Honda) H.Ohba
|Heracleum turugisanense |Honda
|Pastinaca lanata |Koso-Pol.
|Sphondylium lanatum |(Michx.) Greene
}}

As ''H. lanatum'', it is listed as having the [[Variety (botany)|variety]] ''asiaticum''.<ref name="Kuhnlein-Turner 19864" /><ref name="UMT-73973" /><ref name="powo" />

The genus name ''Heracleum'' (from "[[Heracles]]") refers to the very large size of all parts of these plants.<ref name="horn1998" />

[[File:Heracleum maximum 028.jpg|thumb|left|Heracleum maximum Bart. [[Batiscan River#Photos|Batiscan River]] banks, [[Quebec]]]]