Leontice Explained

Leontice is a group of perennial, tuberous herbs in the family Berberidaceae, first described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted four species:^[4]

• 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

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358331#page/324/mode/1up Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 312
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=117986 Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 800 囊果草属 nang guo cao shu Leontice Linnaeus
3. 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 . en . 21 . 6–7 . 679–685 . 10.1016/0305-1978(93)90072-Y. 1993BioSE..21..679G .
4. Web site: Leontice leontopetalum L. . Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022-11-16 .