Saussurea alpina

Saussurea alpina

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: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Saussureinae
Genus: Saussurea
Species: Saussurea alpina

Name

Saussurea alpina (L.) DC., 1810

Synonyms

• Bennettia alpina (L.) S.F.Gray
• Centaurea saussurea E. H. L. Krause
• Cirsium alpinum (L.) All.
• Cnicus alpinus (L.) Loisel.
• Heterotrichum alpinum (L.) Link
• Heterotrichum arcticum Bieb. ex Herd.
• Poecilotriche macrophylla Dulac
• Saussurea acuminata Turcz. ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey.
• Saussurea alpina subsp. macrophylla (Sauter) Nym.
• Saussurea borealis Fisch. ex Herd.
• Saussurea compacta Fisch. ex Herd.
• Saussurea lapatifolia H.Karst.
• Saussurea ledebouri Herd.
• Saussurea leucantha Jord.
• Saussurea macrophylla Sauter
• Saussurea monticola Richards.
• Saussurea multiflora Richards.
• Saussurea pumilio Fisch. ex DC.
• Saussurea subsinuata Ledeb.
• Serratula frigida Fisch. ex Herd.
• Staehelina alpina (L.) Schrank
• Theodorea alpina (L.) Kuntze

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Svalbard, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Andorra, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia & Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Latvia, Ukraine, NW-, N- & E-European Russia (incl. Novaya Zemlya & Franz Josef Land) Continental: Asia-Temperate Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia), Mongolia, Tajikistan, China (N-Xinjiang) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• De Candolle, A.P., Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 16: 198 (1810).

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Saussurea alpina. 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 Apr. 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Saussurea alpina. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 29 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Saussurea alpina in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 29.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Saussurea alpina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Apr. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: common saw-wort, alpine saw-wort
suomi: Tunturilääte, lääte
français: Saussurée des Alpes
norsk nynorsk: Fjelltistel

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