Hispanopedia WikiLeontice is a group of perennial, tuberous herbs in the family Berberidaceae, first described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[4][3][5]
Species
As of November 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted four species:[6]
- Leontice armeniacaBelanger - Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon
- Leontice ewersmanniBunge - Central Asia
- Leontice incertaPall.- Xinjiang, Kazakhstan
- Leontice leontopetalumL. - eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia
Gallery
L. leontopetalum in flower, Israel
L. leontopetalum: developing inflorescence, Kew Gardens
Ripe, bladder-like fruits of L. leontopetalum, Greece
Bladder-like fruits of L. incerta, Baikonur, Kazakhstan
References
- ↑lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 146 (1929).
- ↑Tropicos, Leontice L.
- 12Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 800 囊果草属 nang guo cao shu Leontice Linnaeus
- ↑Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 312 in Latin
- ↑Gresser, Gabriele; Bachmann, Peter; Witte, Ludger; Czygan, F.-C. (1993). "Distribution and taxonomic significance of quinolizidine alkaloids in Leontice leontopetalum and L. ewersmannii (Berberidacea)". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 21 (6–7): 679–685. Bibcode:1993BioSE..21..679G. doi:10.1016/0305-1978(93)90072-Y.
- ↑"Leontice leontopetalum L."Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
External links
- Tela Botanica, Le réseau de la botanique francophone, Leontice leontopetalum L. in French
- Cretan Flora, Leontice leontopetalum L.
- Flowers in Israel, Leontice leontopetalum L.
- Red Book, endangered species, Armenia, Leontice armeniaca Boiv.
- Montarano Nature Photography, Leontice ewersmanni Bunge, photo from Uzbekistan
Categories:
- Berberidaceae
- Berberidaceae genera
- Saponaceous plants