Leibnitzia

Leibnitzia
Leibnitzia anandria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Mutisioideae
Tribe: Mutisieae[1]
Genus: Leibnitzia
Cass.
Type species
Tussilago anandria[2][3]
L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Cleistanthium Kuntze
  • Anandria Siegesb. ex Less.

Leibnitzia is a genus of Asian and North American flowering plants in the daisy family.[4][3][5][6][7]

The genus is named for Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716), German scientist and mathematician[6]

Species[1]
  1. Leibnitzia anandria (L.) Turcz. - Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Siberia, Russian Far East
  2. Leibnitzia cryptogama Cass. - Siberia
  3. Leibnitzia knorringiana (B.Fedtsch.) Pobed. - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
  4. Leibnitzia lyrata (Sch.Bip.) G.L.Nesom - USA (Arizona, New Mexico),[8] Mexico (from Chihuahua to Oaxaca)
  5. Leibnitzia occimadrensis G.L.Nesom - Sinaloa
  6. Leibnitzia phanerogama Cass. - Siberia
  7. Leibnitzia pusilla (Wall. ex DC.) S.Gould ex Kitam. & Gould - Bhutan, Nepal, southwestern China
formerly included[1]

see Gerbera

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. lectotype designated by Pfeiffer, Nom. Bot. 2: 56 (1874)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Tropicos, Leibnitzia Cass.
  4. Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1822. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition] 25: 420–432 generic description in Latin, specific descriptions and commentary in French
  5. Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 11 大丁草属 da ding cao shu Leibnitzia Cassini in F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 25: 420. 1822.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Flora of North America Vol. 19-21 Page 80 Leibnitzia Cassini in F. Cuvier
  7. Nesom, G. L. 1983. Biology and taxonomy of American Leibnitzia (Asteraceae). Brittonia 35: 126–139.
  8. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map