Ligularia

Taxobox


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Ligularia sibirica"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
subclassis = Asteridae
unranked_ordo = Euasterids II
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Senecioneae
genus = "Ligularia"
genus_authority = Cass. (1816)
type_species = "L. sibirica"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text
synonyms ="Ligularia" H. A. Duval
"Sekika" Mediku
"Erythrochaete" Siebold & Zucc.
"Senecillis" Gaertn.
Sources: INGcite web
url = http://botany.si.edu/ing/INGsearch.cfm?searchword=Ligularia
title = "Ligularia"
accessdate = 2008-05-21
date = 2006-02-20
format = HTML
work = Index Nominum Genericorum
publisher = International Association for Plant Taxonomy] B,cite web
url = http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=122614&PTRefFk=7000000
title = Details for: "Ligularia"
accessdate = 2008-05-21
author = Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
authorlink = Botanical Garden in Berlin
format = HTML
work = Euro+Med PlantBase
publisher = Freie Universität Berlin] GRINcite web
url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?6823
title = Genus: "Ligularia" Cass.
accessdate = 2008-05-21
author = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
authorlink = Germplasm Resources Information Network
date = 2007-01-04
format = HTML
work = Taxonomy for Plants
publisher = USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland ]

"Ligularia", Leopard Plant, is a genus of "Old World" perennial plants or herbs resembling groundsel of the family Asteraceae. [1913] Ligularias are rather tall perennial herbaceous plants occurring mostly in damp places in Europe, Asia and Africa. Some of them are cultivated as ornamentals.

ome species

*"Ligularia carpathica" (Schott) Pojark.
*"Ligularia dentata" (A. Gray) H. Hara
*"Ligularia dolichobotrys" Diels
*"Ligularia fischeri" Turcz.
*"Ligularia hodgsonii" Hook.
*"Ligularia intermedia" Nakai
*"Ligularia kingiana" (W. W. Sm.) R. Mathur
*"Ligularia macrophylla" (Ledeb.) DC.
*"Ligularia mortonii" (C. B. Clarke) Hand.-Mazz.
*"Ligularia pachycarpa" (C. B. Clarke ex Hook. f.) Kitam. ex H. Hara
*"Ligularia przewalskii" (Maxim.) Diels
*"Ligularia retusa" DC.
*"Ligularia schmidtii" (Maxim.) Makino
*"Ligularia sibirica" (L.) Cass.
*"Ligularia splendens" (H. Lév. & Vaniot) Nakai
*"Ligularia stenocephala" (Maxim.) Matsum. & Koidz.
*"Ligularia stenoglossa" (Franch.) Hand.-Mazz.
*"Ligularia veitchiana" (Hemsl.) Greenm.

References

External links

*cite journal
last =Cassini
first =Alexandre de
authorlink =Alexandre de Cassini
title = unknown
journal =Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle
volume = 88
pages =196
location =Paris
date =1794-1823
url =http://www.archive.org/details/journaldephysiqu88pari
id =J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts
accessdate = 2008-06-29