Leontice

Leontice is a group of perennial, tuberous herbs in the Berberidaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[4][3][5]

Leontice
Leontice leontopetalum
Alpine House, Kew Gardens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Leontice
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Type species
Leontice leontopetalum
Synonyms[3]

Leontopetalon Miller.

Species

As of November 2022, 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

References

  1. lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 146 (1929).
  2. Tropicos, Leontice L.
  3. Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 800 囊果草属 nang guo cao shu Leontice Linnaeus
  4. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 312 in Latin
  5. Gresser, Gabriele; Bachmann, Peter; Witte, Ludger; Czygan, F.-C. (1993). "Distribution and taxonomic significance of quinolizidine alkaloids in Leontice leontopetalum and L. ewersmannii (Berberidacea)". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 21 (6–7): 679–685. Bibcode:1993BioSE..21..679G. doi:10.1016/0305-1978(93)90072-Y.
  6. "Leontice leontopetalum L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
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