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June 2025

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genus

Leontodon L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl.: 798. 1753  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000021031.

Statistics

Synonyms of Leontodon

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Leontodon sect. Perennia Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 727. 1875 wfo-1000057247
Leontodon sect. Rhizarii Bisch. Beitr. Fl. Deutschl.: 62. 1851 wfo-1000057248
Leontodon viminea unranked Fusiformia Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 727. 1875 wfo-1200069191
Leontodon viminea unranked Praemorsa Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 727. 1875 wfo-1200069193
Leontodon subg. Apargia (Scop.) Peterm. Deutschl. Fl.: 331. 1846–1849 wfo-1200069202
Leontodon subg. Virea (Adans.) Peterm. Deutschl. Fl.: 331. 1846–1849 wfo-1200069204
Apargia Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 113. 1772 wfo-4000002574
Hemilepis Kunze ex Schltdl. in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 875. 1852 wfo-4000017389
Microderis DC. Prodr. 7: 127. 1838 wfo-4000024099
Virea Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 112. 1763 wfo-4000040319
Dens-leonis Ség. Pl. Veron. iii. 264 (1754); vide Dandy, wfo-4000046452
Crenamon Raf. New Fl. [Rafinesque] iv. 86 (1836) (Genus dubium). wfo-4000047264
Antodon Neck. wfo-4100001427

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Leontodon:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link