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Leontice
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 L.
Synonyms
Leontopetalon Miller.

Leontice is a group of perennial, tuberous herbs in the family Berberidaceae, first described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.

Species

As of November 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted four species:

• 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

1. lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 146 (1929).
2. Tropicos, Leontice L.
3. ^ 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.
6. "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

• Berberidaceae
• Berberidaceae genera
• Saponaceous plants