Leontopodium

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Leontopodium alpinum Colm. ex Cass. (Images by Prashant Awale (ID by Gurcharan Singh) (Inserted by Gurcharan Singh) (Please link on links to see details and more images))

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Leontopodium brachyactis Gand.

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Leontopodium himalayanum DC. (Narendra Joshi (Validation by D S Rawat), Inserted by Gurcharan Singh (please click links to see details and more images))

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Leontopodium jacotianum Beauverd (Images by Balkar Singh (Id by Gurcharan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))

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Leontopodium monocephalum Edgew. (Images by D S Rawat (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))

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Leontopodium ochroleucum Beauverd

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BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Volume 13- 1995) (Distribution):

Leontopodium brachyactis Gaud. (W. Himalayas, 2670 m. Jammu & Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh; Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, W. Tibet and China)

Leontopodium haastioides (Hand.- Mazz.) Hand. - Mazz. (India: E. Himalayas, 5000 - 6000 m. Sikkim; Nepal, Bhutan and S. Tibet)

Leontopodium himalayanum DC. (India: W. Himalayas, common on open moist alpine slopes and near snow line, 3000 - 5000 m. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh; Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet and W. China)

Leontopodium jacotianum P. Beauv. (India: Himalayas, common in alpine meadows and open stony slopes, 3500 - 5000 m. Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim; Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tibet and S.W. China)

Leontopodium leontopodinum (DC.) Hand. - Mazz. (A Eurasiatic species of Leontopodium reported from Western Himalayas between 3000 - 5500 m)- Excluded.

Leontopodium monocephalum Edgew. (India: Himalayas, common on open moist boulders, 3350 - 5400 m. Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim; Pakistan and Nepal)

Leontopodium nanum (Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B . Clarke) Hand.- Mazz. (India: Himalayas, connnon on rocky, alpine slopes, meadows and along streams, 3000 - 4600 m. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim; Nepal, Afghanistan, Pamir Hills, Tibet and China)

Leontopodium stracheyi (Hook.f.) C.B. Clarke ex Hemsley (India: Restricted to Kumaon region of W. Himalayas, commonly found in medows, 3835 m. Uttar Pradesh (Surajkund, Gori Valley, Kuthi, Nipcbang Valley in Darma, Garbyang, Tola and Dhauli Valley of Pithoragarh District); Nepal, Tibet and China)

Leontopodium alpinum Cass.

subsp. alpinum (India: Alpine Himalayas, commonly found in rocky crevices and slopes, 3500 - 6000 m. Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh)

subsp. nivale (Ten.) Tutin (India: Himalayas; Yugoslavia, S.W. Bulgaria and Europe) (synonym of Leontopodium nivale (Ten.) Huet ex Hand.-Mazz.)

FRLHT Indian Medicinal Plants Nomenclature Database with images/ herbarium, distribution, local names etc. :

Leontopodium jacotianum BEAUVERD

Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 31.5.16:

Botanical name

Synonyms

Family

Common name

Leontopodium himalayanum	Leontopodium himalayanum var. himalayanum	Asteraceae	Himalayan Edelweiss
Leontopodium jacotianum	Leontopodium jacotianum var. gurhwalense, Leontopodium jacotianum var. jacotianum	Asteraceae	Edelweiss
Leontopodium monocephalum	Leontopodium evax, Leontopodium fimbrilliferum	Asteraceae	Single-Head Edelweiss
Leontopodium nanum		Asteraceae	Tiny Edelweiss

Some species found in India with description & keys from Flora of Pakistan (Distribution):

Leontopodium brachyactis Gandoger (Pakistan, India, W. Xizang, Nepal to China)

Leontopodium himalayanum DC.

Leontopodium jacotianum Beauv. (Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Xizang, Mynamar and China)

Leontopodium leontopodinum (DC.) Hand.-Mazz. (Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia)

Leontopodium linearifolium Hand.-Mazz. (Xizang, China, Kashmir (?))

Leontopodium monocephalum Edgew. (Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bhutan)

Leontopodium nanum (Hook.f. & Thomson ex C. B. Clarke) Hand.-Mazz. (Xizang, Nepal, China, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan)

Leontopodium pusillum (Beauv.) Hand.-Mazz. (Kashmir, Xizang)

Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Distribution):

Leontopodium brachyactis Gand. (Afghanistan, W. Tibet, Himalaya (Kashmir to Nepal))

Leontopodium haastioides Hand.-Mazz. (Himalaya (Nepal to Bhutan), S. Tibet)

Leontopodium himalayanum DC. (Himalaya (Kashmir to Bhutan), Tibet, W. China)

Leontopodium jacotianum Beauverd (Himalaya (Kashmir to Bhutan), Burma, S.W. China (Yunnan))

Leontopodium makianum Kitam. (Nepal)

Leontopodium monocephalum Edgew. (Karakoram, Himalaya (Kashmir to Sikkim))

Leontopodium montisganeshii S. Akiyama (No distribution given)

Leontopodium nanum (Hook. f. & Thomson ex C. B. Clarke) Hand.-Mazz. (Afghanistan, Pamir, Himalaya, Tibet, W. China)

Leontopodium stracheyi (Hook. f.) C. B. Clarke ex Hemsl. (Himalaya (Kumaun to Bhutan), Tibet, W. China)

Some species found in India with description & keys from Flora of China [Distribution other than China]:

Leontopodium brachyactis Gandoger [India, Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan].

Leontopodium haastioides Handel-Mazzetti [Bhutan, India (Sikkim), Nepal].

Leontopodium himalayanum Candolle [Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan].

Leontopodium jacotianum Beauverd [Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan].

Leontopodium junpeianum Kitamura [Kashmir]. (Syn: Leontopodium linearifolium Handel-Mazzetti) (? is a synonym of Leontopodium conglobatum (Turcz.) Hand.-Mazz.)

Leontopodium leontopodioides (Willdenow) Beauverd [Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia].

Leontopodium monocephalum Edgeworth [Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan].

Leontopodium nanum (J. D. Hooker & Thomson ex C. B. Clarke) Handel-Mazzetti [Afghanistan, India, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan].

Leontopodium ochroleucum Beauverd [India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia].

Leontopodium pusillum (Beauverd) Handel-Mazzetti [India (Sikkim), Kashmir].

Leontopodium stracheyi (J. D. Hooker) C. B. Clarke ex Hemsley [Bhutan, N India, Nepal].

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Subpages (8): Leontopodium alpinum Leontopodium brachyactis Leontopodium himalayanum Leontopodium himalayanum ? Leontopodium jacotianum Leontopodium monocephalum Leontopodium ochroleucum Leontopodium species

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