Leontopodium
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| Leontopodium | |
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| Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Gnaphalieae[1] |
| Genus: | Leontopodium |
L. shinanense
Leontopodium is a genus of plants in the daisy family, which includes edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum[2][3]), a well-known plant from the mountains of Europe. The term edelweiss can, more rarely, refer to other members of the genus.[4] The genus contains about 30 species, native to Europe and Asia (and perhaps the Americas).[5][6] The fuzzy and somewhat stocky "petals" (technically, bracts) could be thought of as somewhat resembling lions' paws —hence the genus name combining léōn (lion) and pódion (foot).[7]
Species
- Leontopodium alpinum
- Leontopodium andersonii
- Leontopodium artemisiifolium
- Leontopodium aurantiacum
- Leontopodium brachyactis
- Leontopodium calocephalum
- Leontopodium campestre
- Leontopodium chuii
- Leontopodium conglobatum
- Leontopodium coreanum
- Leontopodium dedekensii
- Leontopodium delavayanum
- Leontopodium discolor
- Leontopodium fangingense
- Leontopodium fauriei
- Leontopodium forrestianum
- Leontopodium franchetii
- Leontopodium giraldii
- Leontopodium haastioides
- Leontopodium hallaisanense
- Leontopodium haplophylloides
- Leontopodium hayachinense
- Leontopodium himalayanum
- Leontopodium jacotianum
- Leontopodium japonicum
- Leontopodium leiolepis
- Leontopodium leontopodinum
- Leontopodium leontopodioides
- Leontopodium linearifolium
- Leontopodium microphyllum
- Leontopodium longifolium
- Leontopodium melanolepis
- Leontopodium micranthum
- Leontopodium monocephalum
- Leontopodium muscoides
- Leontopodium nanum
- Leontopodium niveum
- Leontopodium ochroleucum
- Leontopodium omeiense
- Leontopodium pusillum
- Leontopodium roseum
- Leontopodium shinanense
- Leontopodium sinense
- Leontopodium smithianum
- Leontopodium souliei
- Leontopodium stoechas
- Leontopodium stoloniferum
- Leontopodium stracheyi
- Leontopodium subulatum
- Leontopodium villosum
- Leontopodium wilsonii
References
- ↑ Randall J. Bayer, Christopher F. Puttock, and Scot A. Kelchner (2000). "Phylogeny of South African Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae) based on two noncoding chloroplast sequences". American Journal of Botany (Botanical Society of America) 87 (2): 259–272. doi:10.2307/2656914. JSTOR 2656914. PMID 10675314.
- ↑ "edelweiss". The Free Dictionary by farlex.
- ↑ "edelweiss". Encyclopædia Britannica online.
- ↑ Iza Goroff (July 2004). "Plant of the Month: Leontopodium souliei".
- ↑ "Leontopodium". Digital Flora of Taiwan.
- ↑ "Leontopodium". Flora of Pakistan.
- ↑ λέων, πόδιον, πούς. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
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