Leibnitzia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Mutisioideae
Tribus: Mutisieae
Genus: Leibnitzia
Species: L. anandria – L. knorringiana – L. lyrata – L. nepalensis – L. occimadrensis – L. phanerogama – L. pusilla

Name

Leibnitzia Cass. in F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2, 25: 420. 1822.
Type species: Leibnitzia cryptogama Cass., nom. illeg.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Anandria Less., Linnaea 5: 346. 1830.

References

Cassini, A.H.G. de in Cuvier, G.-F. (1822) Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2, 25: 420.
Hansen, H.V., 1988. A taxonomic revision of the genera Gerbera sect. Isanthus, Leibnitzia (in Asia), and Uechtritzia (Compositae, Mutisieae). Nordic Journal of Botany. 8(1), 61–76. DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1988.tb01707.x Reference page.

Leibnitzia (sunbonnets)[4] is a genus of Asian and North American flowering plants in the daisy family.[3][5][6][7][8]

The genus is named for Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716), German scientist and mathematician[7]

Species[1]

Leibnitzia anandria (L.) Turcz. - Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Siberia, Russian Far East
Leibnitzia cryptogama Cass. - Siberia
Leibnitzia knorringiana (B.Fedtsch.) Pobed. - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
Leibnitzia lyrata (Sch.Bip.) G.L.Nesom - United States (Arizona, New Mexico),[9] Mexico (from Chihuahua to Oaxaca)
Leibnitzia occimadrensis G.L.Nesom - Sinaloa
Leibnitzia phanerogama Cass. - Siberia
Leibnitzia pusilla (Wall. ex DC.) S.Gould ex Kitam. & Gould - Bhutan, Nepal, southwestern China

formerly included[1]

see Gerbera

Leibnitzia bonatiana (Beauverd) Kitam.- Gerbera bonatiana (Beauverd) Beauverd
Leibnitzia nepalensis (Kunze) Kitam. - Gerbera kunzeana A.Br. & Asch.
Leibnitzia ruficoma (Franch.) Kitam. - Gerbera ruficoma Franch.

References

Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-12-13 at archive.today
lectotype designated by Pfeiffer, Nom. Bot. 2: 56 (1874)
Tropicos, Leibnitzia Cass.
"Leibnitzia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1822. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition] 25: 420–432 generic description in Latin, specific descriptions and commentary in French
Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 11 大丁草属 da ding cao shu Leibnitzia Cassini in F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 25: 420. 1822.
Flora of North America Vol. 19-21 Page 80 Leibnitzia Cassini in F. Cuvier
Nesom, G. L. 1983. Biology and taxonomy of American Leibnitzia (Asteraceae). Brittonia 35: 126–139.
Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map