Asteraceae
Saussurea

Saussurea alpina (L.) DC.

First published in Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 16: 198 (1810)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to Siberia and N. Xinjiang. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Buryatiya, Chita, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Krasnoyarsk, Mongolia, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tuva, Ukraine, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 13: 1-499. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.03586. epublication.
  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 13: 1-499. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 14, 1837 s.coll. [1462] Italy K002037975 Yes
Aug 14, 1837 s.coll. [1462] Italy K001790527 Yes
Aug 14, 1837 s.coll. [1462] Italy K001790528 Yes
Jan 18, 1808 s.coll. [s.n.] K002038012 Yes
[Huffler] [s.n.] K001730107 No
Littledale, St.G. [s.n.] Mongolia K002039216 No
Hooker [s.n.] K001730108 No
Bregadze [s.n.] United States K002110240 No
McCalla, W.C. [2069] Canada K002110242 No
Potanin, G.N. [s.n.] Mongolia K002039214 No
Macoun, J.M. [73] Canada K002110243 No
Geist, O.W. [s.n.] United States K002110244 No
Chaffanjon, M.; Drake, E. [891] Mongolia K002039213 No
[Hûbense] [s.n.] United States K002110241 No
Potanin, G.N. [s.n.] Mongolia K002039215 No
Thornton, C.W. [2129] United States Saussurea monticola K002110225 No
Hutchinson, J.W. [496] United States Saussurea monticola K002110221 No
Hutchinson, J.W. [463] United States Saussurea monticola K002110223 No
Dorrien-Smith, A.A. [171] United States Saussurea monticola K002110214 No
Seemann [1800] United States Saussurea monticola K002110216 No
Pullen [104] United States Saussurea monticola K002110213 No
Hutchinson, J.W. [507] United States Saussurea monticola K002110222 No
Mexia Ynes [2107] United States Saussurea monticola K002110220 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Saussurea monticola K002110218 No
Seemann [s.n.] United States Saussurea monticola K002110217 No
Went, F.W. [s.n.] United States Saussurea monticola K002110224 No
Eastwood, A. [490] Canada Saussurea monticola K002110219 No
Richardson, J. [s.n.] Saussurea monticola K000792058 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richardson, J. [s.n.] Saussurea monticola K000792057 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker; Seemann [s.n.] United States Saussurea monticola K002110215 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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