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Leontice
Leontice leontopetalum
Alpine House, Kew Gardens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Leontice
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Type species
Leontice leontopetalum
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]

Species

As of November 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted four species: [6]

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References

  1. ^ lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 146 (1929).
  2. ^ Tropicos, Leontice L.
  3. ^ a b Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 800 囊果草属 nang guo cao shu Leontice Linnaeus
  4. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 312 in Latin
  5. ^ Gabriele Gresser, Peter Bachmann, Ludger Witte, F.-C. Czygan. 1993. Distribution and taxonomic significance of quinolizidine alkaloids in Leontice leontopetalum and L. ewersmannii (Berberidaceae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 21: 679–685
  6. ^ "Leontice leontopetalum L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-11-16.

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