Leontice
Leontice is a group of perennial, tuberous herbs in the Berberidaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[4][3][5]
| Leontice | |
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| Leontice leontopetalum Alpine House, Kew Gardens  | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Order: | Ranunculales | 
| Family: | Berberidaceae | 
| Genus: | Leontice L.  | 
| Type species | |
| Leontice leontopetalum | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
| 
 Leontopetalon Miller.  | |
Species
    
As of November 2022, 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: developing inflorescence, Kew Gardens
Ripe, bladder-like fruits of L. leontopetalum, Greece
Bladder-like fruits of L. incerta, Baikonur, Kazakhstan
References
    
- lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 146 (1929).
 - Tropicos, Leontice L.
 - Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 800 囊果草属 nang guo cao shu Leontice Linnaeus
 - Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 312 in Latin
 - 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
 - "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
 
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