Leuzea
Leuzea is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Its species are native to Macaronesia, North Africa, and eastwards throughout temperate Eurasia.[2] The genus was established by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1805.[1]
| Leuzea | |
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| Leuzea altaica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Carduoideae |
| Tribe: | Cardueae |
| Genus: | Leuzea DC.[1] |
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Taxonomy
The first published description of the genus Leuzea is accredited to Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1805, in a work edited by Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck and de Candolle.[1] A 2006 phylogenetic study showed that as then circumscribed the genera Acroptilon and Leuzea were embedded within Rhaponticum (which already included Stemmacantha).[3] As of May 2023, Plants of the World Online treats Acroptilon as a synonym of Leuzea,[2] and places the former species of Rhaponticum in Leuzea.[4]
Species
As of January 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[2]
- Leuzea acaulis (L.) Holub
- Leuzea altaica Link
- Leuzea annae-bentiae (Rech.f.) Holub
- Leuzea aulieatensis (Iljin) Holub
- Leuzea australis Gaudich.
- Leuzea berardioides Batt.
- Leuzea carthamoides (Willd.) DC.
- Leuzea caulescens (Coss. & Balansa) Holub
- Leuzea centauroides (L.) Holub
- Leuzea conifera (L.) DC.
- Leuzea cynaroides (C.Sm.) Font Quer ex G.López
- Leuzea exaltata Cutanda ex Willk.
- Leuzea insignis (Boiss.) Holub
- Leuzea integrifolia (C.Winkl.) Holub
- Leuzea karatavica (Regel & Schmalh.) Holub
- Leuzea longifolia Hoffmanns. & Link
- Leuzea lyrata (C.Winkl. ex Iljin) Holub
- Leuzea namanganica (Iljin) Holub
- Leuzea nana (Lipsky) Holub
- Leuzea nitida (Fisch. ex DC.) Holub
- Leuzea pulchra (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Holub
- Leuzea pusilla Spreng.
- Leuzea repens (L.) D.J.N.Hind
- Leuzea rhapontica (L.) Holub
- Leuzea uniflora (L.) Holub
References
- "Leuzea DC.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2023-05-12
- "Leuzea DC.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-05-12
- Hidalgo, Oriane; Garcia-Jacas, Núria; Garnatje, Teresa & Susanna, Alfonso (2006), "Phylogeny of Rhaponticum (Asteraceae, Cardueae–Centaureinae) and Related Genera Inferred from Nuclear and Chloroplast DNA Sequence Data: Taxonomic and Biogeographic Implications", Annals of Botany, 97 (5): 705–714, doi:10.1093/aob/mcl029, PMC 2803413, PMID 16495316
- "Search for 'Rhaponticum'", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-05-13