| Leontice | |
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| Leontice leontopetalum Alpine House, Kew Gardens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Berberidaceae |
| Genus: | Leontice L. |
| Type species | |
| Leontice leontopetalum | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Leontopetalon Miller. | |
Leontice is a group of perennial, tuberous herbs in the Berberidaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[4][3][5]
Species[edit]
As of November 2022[update], Plants of the World Online accepted four species:[6]
- Leontice armeniaca Belanger - Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon
- Leontice ewersmanni Bunge - Central Asia
- Leontice incerta Pall.- Xinjiang, Kazakhstan
- Leontice leontopetalum L. - eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia
Gallery[edit]
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L. leontopetalum in flower, Israel -
L. leontopetalum: developing inflorescence, Kew Gardens -
Ripe, bladder-like fruits of L. leontopetalum, Greece -
Bladder-like fruits of L. incerta, Baikonur, Kazakhstan
References[edit]
- ^ lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 146 (1929).
- ^ Tropicos, Leontice L.
- ^ a b Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 800 囊果草属 nang guo cao shu Leontice Linnaeus
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 312 in Latin
- ^ Gabriele Gresser, Peter Bachmann, Ludger Witte, F.-C. Czygan. 1993. Distribution and taxonomic significance of quinolizidine alkaloids in Leontice leontopetalum and L. ewersmannii (Berberidaceae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 21: 679–685
- ^ "Leontice leontopetalum L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
External links[edit]
- Tela Botanica, Le réseau de la botanique francophone, Leontice leontopetalum L. in French
- Cretan Flora, Leontice leontopetalum L.
- Flowers in Israel, Leontice leontopetalum L.
- Red Book, endangered species, Armenia, Leontice armeniaca Boiv.
- Montarano Nature Photography, Leontice ewersmanni Bunge, photo from Uzbekistan