Ligularia

Ligularia
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Ligularia sibirica-Ligulaire de Sibérie.JPG
| image_caption = Ligularia sibirica
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Ligularia
| authority = Cass. 1816, conserved name, not Duval 1809 (Saxifragaceae)
| type_species = L. sibirica
| synonyms =
Erythrochaete Siebold & Zucc.
Cyathocephalum Nakai
Senecillis]' Gaertn.
|synonyms_ref =
}}Ligularia (leopard plant) is a genus of Old World herbaceous perennial plants in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family. They have yellow or orange composite flower heads with brown or yellow central disc florets, and are native to damp habitats mostly in central and eastern Asia, with a few species from Europe. There are about 120 to 140 species in the genus, and over half are endemic to China. The name Ligularia, from the Latin for "strap", refers to the shape of the ray florets.
Some species and cultivars are cultivated as ornamentals. Ligularia dentata ‘Britt Marie Crawford’ Ligularia x hessei (Ligularia dentata x Ligularia wilsoniana) 'Gregynog Gold' and Ligularia przewalskii 'The Rocket' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. They are best grown in fertile, moist soil and full sun, with some shade at midday.
Species
Ligularia abakanica
Ligularia achyrotricha
Ligularia afghanica
Ligularia alatipes
Ligularia alpigena
Ligularia altaica
Ligularia alticola
Ligularia altissima
Ligularia amplexicaulis
Ligularia angusta
Ligularia anoleuca
Ligularia atkinsonii
Ligularia atroviolacea
Ligularia biceps
Ligularia botryodes
Ligularia brassicoides
Ligularia bucovinensis
Ligularia cacaliiformis
Ligularia caloxantha
Ligularia calthifolia
Ligularia carpatica
Ligularia chalybea
Ligularia chekiangensis
Ligularia chimiliensis
Ligularia confertiflora
Ligularia coreana
Ligularia cremanthodioides
Ligularia cuneata
Ligularia curvisquama
Ligularia cyathiceps
Ligularia cymbulifera
Ligularia cymosa
Ligularia dentata
Ligularia dictyoneura
Ligularia discoidea
Ligularia dolichobotrys
Ligularia duciformis
Ligularia dux
Ligularia eriocaulis
Ligularia euryphylla
Ligularia fangiana
Ligularia fargesii
Ligularia fauriei
Ligularia fischeri
Ligularia franchetiana
Ligularia ghatsukupa
Ligularia glauca
Ligularia heterophylla
Ligularia hodgsonii
Ligularia hookeri
Ligularia hopeiensis
Ligularia ianthochaeta
Ligularia intermedia
Ligularia jacquemontiana
Ligularia jaluensis
Ligularia jamesii
Ligularia japonica
Ligularia kaialpina
Ligularia kanaitzensis
Ligularia kangtingensis
Ligularia karataviensis
Ligularia kareliniana
Ligularia kingiana
Ligularia knorringiana
Ligularia kojimae
Ligularia konkalingensis
Ligularia lamarum
Ligularia lanipes
Ligularia lankongensis
Ligularia lapathifolia
Ligularia latihastata
Ligularia latipes
Ligularia leveillei
Ligularia liatroides
Ligularia lidjiangensis
Ligularia limprichtii
Ligularia lingiana
Ligularia longifolia
Ligularia longihastata
Ligularia macrodonta
Ligularia macrophylla
Ligularia melanocephala
Ligularia melanothyrsa
Ligularia microcardia
Ligularia microcephala
Ligularia mongolica
Ligularia muliensis
Ligularia myriocephala Ligularia nanchuanica Ligularia narynensis
Ligularia nelumbifolia Ligularia nyingchiensis Ligularia odontomanes
Ligularia oligonema
Ligularia pachycarpa
Ligularia palmatifida
Ligularia paradoxa
Ligularia parvifolia
Ligularia pavlovii
Ligularia persica
Ligularia petelotii
Ligularia petiolaris
Ligularia phoenicochaeta
Ligularia phyllocolea
Ligularia platyglossa
Ligularia pleurocaulis
Ligularia potaninii
Ligularia przewalskii
Ligularia pterodonta Ligularia purdomii
Ligularia pyrifolia
Ligularia retusa Ligularia robusta
Ligularia rockiana
Ligularia ruficoma
Ligularia rumicifolia
Ligularia sachalinensis
Ligularia sagitta
Ligularia schizopetala
Ligularia schmidtii Ligularia sibirica Ligularia sichotensis
Ligularia songarica Ligularia splendens
Ligularia stenocephala
Ligularia stenoglossa
Ligularia subsagittata
Ligularia subspicata
Ligularia talassica
Ligularia tenuicaulis
Ligularia tenuipes
Ligularia thomsonii
Ligularia thyrsoidea
Ligularia tissulaginea
Ligularia tongkyukensis
Ligularia tongolensis
Ligularia transversifolia
Ligularia trichocephala
Ligularia tsangchanensis
Ligularia veitchiana
Ligularia vellerea
Ligularia villosa Ligularia virgaurea
Ligularia vorobievii
Ligularia wilsoniana
Ligularia xanthotricha
Ligularia yoshizoeana
Ligularia yunnanensis
Ligularia zhouquensis''
References
External links
Asteraceae genera
Taxa named by Henri Cassini