Leontice

Genus of flowering plants belonging to the barberry family

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
L.
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[update], Plants of the World Online accepted four species:[6]

  • Leontice armeniaca Belanger - Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon
  • Leontice ewersmanni Bunge - Central Asia
  • Leontice incerta Pall.- Xinjiang, Kazakhstan
  • Leontice leontopetalum L. - eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia

Gallery

  • L. leontopetalum in flower, Israel
    L. leontopetalum in flower, Israel
  • L. leontopetalum: developing inflorescence, Kew Gardens
    L. leontopetalum: developing inflorescence, Kew Gardens
  • Ripe, bladder-like fruits of L. leontopetalum, Greece
    Ripe, bladder-like fruits of L. leontopetalum, Greece
  • Bladder-like fruits of L. incerta, Baikonur, Kazakhstan
    Bladder-like fruits of L. incerta, Baikonur, Kazakhstan

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. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "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
  • v
  • t
  • e
Genera of Berberidaceae
Taxon identifiers
Leontice