Saussurea alpina

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Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Saussureinae
Genus: Saussurea
Species: Saussurea alpina

Name

Saussurea alpina (L.) DC., 1810

Synonyms

Bennettia alpina (L.) S.F.Gray
Centaurea saussurea E. H. L. Krause
Cirsium alpinum (L.) All.
Cnicus alpinus (L.) Loisel.
Heterotrichum alpinum (L.) Link
Heterotrichum arcticum Bieb. ex Herd.
Poecilotriche macrophylla Dulac
Saussurea acuminata Turcz. ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey.
Saussurea alpina subsp. macrophylla (Sauter) Nym.
Saussurea borealis Fisch. ex Herd.
Saussurea compacta Fisch. ex Herd.
Saussurea lapatifolia H.Karst.
Saussurea ledebouri Herd.
Saussurea leucantha Jord.
Saussurea macrophylla Sauter
Saussurea monticola Richards.
Saussurea multiflora Richards.
Saussurea pumilio Fisch. ex DC.
Saussurea subsinuata Ledeb.
Serratula frigida Fisch. ex Herd.
Staehelina alpina (L.) Schrank
Theodorea alpina (L.) Kuntze

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- - Svalbard, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Andorra, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia & Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Latvia, Ukraine, NW-, N- & E-European Russia (incl. Novaya Zemlya & Franz Josef Land)
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- - Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia), Mongolia, Tajikistan, China (N-Xinjiang)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

De Candolle, A.P., Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 16: 198 (1810).

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Saussurea alpina. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Saussurea alpina. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 29 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Saussurea alpina in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 29.
Tropicos.org 2018. Saussurea alpina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Apr. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: common saw-wort, alpine saw-wort
suomi: Tunturilääte, lääte
français: Saussurée des Alpes
norsk nynorsk: Fjelltistel

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