Leontice

Leontice
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Leontice
L.
Type species
Leontice leontopetalum
L.[1][2]
Synonyms[3]

Leontopetalon Miller.

Leontice is a group of perennial, tuberous herbs in the Berberidaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[4][3][5]

accepted species[6]
  1. Leontice armeniaca Belanger - Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon
  2. Leontice ewersmanni Bunge - Central Asia
  3. Leontice incerta Pall.- Xinjiang, Kazakhstan
  4. Leontice leontopetalum L. - eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia

Several other names are listed as "unresolved."[6]

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