Leontice

Leontice is a group of perennial, tuberous herbs in the family Berberidaceae, first described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.^[4][3][5]

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.[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
Leontopetalon Miller.

Species

As of November 2022^[update], 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

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  L. leontopetalum in flower, Israel
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  L. leontopetalum: developing inflorescence, Kew Gardens
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  Ripe, bladder-like fruits of L. leontopetalum, Greece
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  Bladder-like fruits of L. incerta, Baikonur, Kazakhstan