Leontopodium japonicum

Leontopodium japonicum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Leontopodium
Species: Leontopodium japonicum
Varietates: L. j. f. happoense – L. j. var. microcephalum – L. j. var. perniveum – L. j. var. saxatile – L. j. var. shiroumense – L. j. var. spathulatum

Name

Leontopodium japonicum Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavum 2: 178 (1866)

Synonyms

• Gnaphalium sieboldianum Franch. & Sav.
• Leontopodium japonicum f. hirsutum Beauv.
• Leontopodium japonicum var. sachalinense Takeda
• Leontopodium japonicum var. xerogenes Hand.-Mazz.
• Leontopodium sachalinense Miyabe & Kudo

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate China (Anhui, Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang), Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), North Korea, South Korea References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Miq., Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi 2: 178–179 (1866).

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Leontopodium japonicum. Published online. Accessed: January 19 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Leontopodium japonicum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 19.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Leontopodium japonicum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 January 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Leontopodium japonicum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 19. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Leontopodium japonicum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Japan-Edelweiß

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