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 Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum)
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Leontopodium is a genus of plants in the daisy family, which includes edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum[2][3]), a well-known plant from the mountains of Europe. The term edelweiss can, more rarely, refer to other members of the genus.[4] The genus contains about 30 species, native to Europe and Asia (and perhaps the Americas).[5][6]
Species
- Leontopodium alpinum
- Leontopodium andersonii
- Leontopodium artemisiifolium
- Leontopodium aurantiacum
- Leontopodium brachyactis
- Leontopodium calocephalum
- Leontopodium campestre
- Leontopodium chuii
- Leontopodium conglobatum
- Leontopodium coreanum
- Leontopodium dedekensii
- Leontopodium delavayanum
- Leontopodium discolor
- Leontopodium fangingense
- Leontopodium fauriei
- Leontopodium forrestianum
- Leontopodium franchetii
- Leontopodium giraldii
- Leontopodium haastioides
- Leontopodium hallaisanense
- Leontopodium haplophylloides
- Leontopodium hayachinense
- Leontopodium himalayanum
- Leontopodium jacotianum
- Leontopodium japonicum
- Leontopodium leiolepis
- Leontopodium leontopodinum
- Leontopodium leontopodioides
- Leontopodium linearifolium
- Leontopodium microphyllum
- Leontopodium longifolium
- Leontopodium melanolepis
- Leontopodium micranthum
- Leontopodium monocephalum
- Leontopodium muscoides
- Leontopodium nanum
- Leontopodium niveum
- Leontopodium ochroleucum
- Leontopodium omeiense
- Leontopodium pusillum
- Leontopodium roseum
- Leontopodium shinanense
- Leontopodium sinense
- Leontopodium smithianum
- Leontopodium souliei
- Leontopodium stoechas
- Leontopodium stoloniferum
- Leontopodium stracheyi
- Leontopodium subulatum
- Leontopodium villosum
- Leontopodium wilsonii
References
- ^ Randall J. Bayer, Christopher F. Puttock, and Scot A. Kelchner (2000). "Phylogeny of South African Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae) based on two noncoding chloroplast sequences". American Journal of Botany 87: 259–272. doi:. PMID 10675314. http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/87/2/259.
- ^ "edelweiss". The Free Dictionary by farlex. http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Edelweiss.
- ^ "edelweiss". Encyclopædia Britannica online. http://www.britannica.com/ebc/art-5321/Edelweiss.
- ^ Iza Goroff (July 2004). "Plant of the Month: Leontopodium souliei". http://www.nargs.org/potm/potm_jul04.html.
- ^ "Leontopodium". Digital Flora of Taiwan. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=100&taxon_id=117992.
- ^ "Leontopodium". Flora of Pakistan. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=117992.
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