Leontopodium

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: L. andersonii – L. antennarioides – L. artemisiifolium – L. aurantiacum – L. blagoveshczenskyi – L. brachyactis – L. caespitosum – L. calocephalum – L. campestre – L. charkeviczii – L. conglobatum – L. coreanum – L. dedekensii – L. delavayanum – L. discolor – L. fangingense – L. fauriei – L. forrestianum – L. franchetii – L. giraldii – L. haastioides – L. haplophylloides – L. hayachinense – L. himalayanum – L. jacotianum – L. japonicum – L. junpeianum – L. kamtschaticum – L. kurilense – L. leontopodinum – L. leontopodioides – L. lingianum – L. makianum – L. microphyllum – L. monocephalum – L. montisganeshii – L. muscoides – L. nanum – L. nivale – L. omeiense – L. palibinianum – L. pusillum – L. roseum – L. schlothauerae – L. seorakensis – L. shinanense – L. sinense – L. smithianum – L. souliei – L. stellatum – L. stoloniferum – L. stracheyi – L. suffruticosum – L. villosum – L. wilsonii

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Leontopodium 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.

Name

Leontopodium R.Br. ex Cass., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1819: 144. (1819)

Type species: Leontopodium alpinum Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. [F. Cuvier] 25: 474. (1822)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Simlera Bubani in Fl. Pyren. 2: 196 (1899)
- Sinoleontopodium Y.L.Chen, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 23(6): 457 (1985)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia
- - Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Czechoslovakia, East Himalaya, France, Germany, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Laos, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Brown. R. 1819. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique 1819: 144.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Leontopodium 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.
Hassler, M. 2018. Leontopodium. 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.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Leontopodium. Published online. Accessed: January 19 2018.
Tropicos.org 2018. Leontopodium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 January 2018.

Vernacular names

dansk: Edelweiss
Deutsch: Edelweiß
English: Edelweiss
Esperanto: Edelvejso
español: Edelweiss
eesti: Jänesekäpp
suomi: Alppitähdet
français: Edelweiss
furlan: Stelutis alpinis
日本語: ウスユキソウ属
한국어: 솜다리속
русский: Эдельвейс
українська: Білотка
vèneto: Stelalpina
中文: 火绒草属; 火絨草屬