Leontice

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 family Berberidaceae, first described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[4][3][5]

  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.