Leontopodium nivale

Leontopodium nivale

Leontopodium nivale

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
Subtribus: Gnaphaliinae
Genus: Leontopodium
Species: Leontopodium nivale
Subspecies: L. n. subsp. alpinum – L. n. subsp. nivale

Name

Leontopodium nivale (Ten.) A.Huet ex Hand.-Mazz., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 44(2): 137 (1927).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Gnaphalium nivale Ten., Fl. Napol. 1(Prodr.): XLVIII (1812).
• Homotypic
  • Leontopodium alpinum var. nivale (Ten.) DC., Prodr. 6: 276 (1838), nom. superfl.
  • Antennaria nivalis Ten. ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 383 (1879).
  • Leontopodium alpinum subsp. nivale (Ten.) Tutin, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 67: 283 (1973), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe France, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Ukraine. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Handel-Mazzetti, H.v. 1927. Systematische Monographie der Gattung Leontopodium. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt. Zweite Abteilung: Systematik, Pflanzengeographie, angewandte Botanik etc. 44(2): 1–178. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Leontopodium nivale. Published online. Accessed: May 06 2023.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Leontopodium nivale in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 06. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Leontopodium nivale. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 May 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Leontopodium nivale. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 06. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

čeština: plesnivec alpský
Deutsch: Alpen-Edelweiß
English: edelweiss
magyar: havasi gyopár
polski: szarotka alpejska
slovenčina: plesnivec alpínsky

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