Saussurea DC.

First published in Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 16: 156, 198 (1810), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. & Subalpine Eurasia to N. Indo-China, E. Australia, Subarctic America to W. U.S.A.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hainan, Idaho, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Laos, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New South Wales, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Oregon, Pakistan, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Queensland, Romania, Sakhalin, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2020). https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12314. epublication.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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