Asteraceae
Ligularia

Ligularia amplexicaulis DC.

First published in Prodr. 6: 314 (1838)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to S. Tibet. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.

Distribution

Native to:

East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 2: 607-1262. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • Lidén, M. & Bharali, P. (2020). Flowers of the Se La: 1-135. Uppsula University, Sweden.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Qaiser, M. & Rubina Abid (2011). Flora of Pakistan 218: 1-84. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2024). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 5: 1-432. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2024). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 5: 1-432. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1999 Wallich [s.n.] India K000102354 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Wallich [s.n.] India K000802846 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond, J.R. [1824] India K002595605 No
Drummond, J.R. [1827] India K002595600 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002595610 No
Drummond, J.R. [1826] India K002595602 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002595599 No
s.coll. [1214] Bhutan K002595589 No
Smith, S. [s.n.] K002595611 No
{Edgeworth} [145] India K002595614 No
Collett, H. [5651A] K002595588 No
Duthie, J.F. [826] India K002595598 No
Bedi, R. [1214] Bhutan K002595590 No
Drummond, J.R.; Baksh, R. [2039] India K002595607 No
Collett, H. [856] K002595586 No
Bor, N.L. [15572] India K002595587 No
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K001734733 No
Drummond, J.R. [1825] India K002595603 No
Drummond, J.R. [1823] India K002595604 No
Duthie, J.F. [24543] K002595601 No
Drummond, J.R. [1824] India K002595606 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002595613 No
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [1] India K001734735 No
Drummond, J.R. [20744] India K002595608 No
s.coll. [6536] India K002595609 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002595612 No
[Ram Bakeh]; Drummond, J.R. [2039] India K001734734 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images