Leontodon
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| Leontodon hispidus L. | |
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Leontodon is a genus of plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family (Asteraceae), commonly known as hawkbits.
Their English name derives from the mediaeval belief that hawks ate the plant to improve their eyesight. Although originally only native to Eurasia and North Africa, some species have since become established in other countries, including the United States[2] and New Zealand.[3]
Recent research has shown that the genus Leontodon in the traditional delimitation is polyphyletic. Therefore, the former Leontodon subgenus Oporinia was raised to generic level.[4] According to the nomenclatural rules the name Scorzoneroides has priority at generic level and therefore, the members of Leontodon subgenus Oporinia were transferred to the re-erected genus Scorzoneroides.[5]
Ecology
Seeds of Leontodon species are an important food source for certain bird species.[6]
Uses
In Crete, the species Leontodon tuberosus which is called γλυκοβύζια (glykovyzia), γλυκοράδικα (glykoradika) or βυζάκια (vyzakia) has its roots eaten raw and its leaves eaten steamed.[7]
Secondary metabolites
The genus Leontodon s.str. (i.e. excluding the members of the resurrected genus Scorzoneroides) is a rich source of hypocretenolides, unique guaiane type sesquiterpene lactones with a 12,5-lactone ring instead of the usual 12,6 lactone ring.[8]
Phenolics found in Leontodon include luteolin type flavonoids and caffeoyl quinic acid derivatives such as chlorogenic acid and 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid. Moreover, Leontodon species contain the caffeoyl tartaric acid derivatives caffeoyl tartaric acid and cichoric acid.[9][10]
Species
- accepted species[1]
- Leontodon alpestris
- Leontodon alpinus
- Leontodon ambiguus
- Leontodon anomalus
- Leontodon apulus
- Leontodon asperifolius
- Leontodon asperrimus
- Leontodon atlanticus
- Leontodon balansae
- Leontodon berinii
- Leontodon biscutellifolius
- Leontodon borbasii
- Leontodon boryi
- Leontodon bourgaeanus
- Leontodon brancsikii
- Leontodon calvatus
- Leontodon caucasicus
- Leontodon collinus
- Leontodon crispus
- Leontodon croceus
- Leontodon dandaleus
- Leontodon dentatus
- Leontodon djurdjurae
- Leontodon dubius
- Leontodon ehrenbergii
- Leontodon eriopodus
- Leontodon farinosus
- Leontodon filii
- Leontodon froedinii
- Leontodon gaussenii
- Leontodon glaber
- Leontodon glaberrimus
- Leontodon graecus
- Leontodon hellenicus
- Leontodon hirtus
- Leontodon hispidaster
- Leontodon hispidus
- Leontodon hugueninii
- Leontodon hyoseroides
- Leontodon incanus
- Leontodon intermedius
- Leontodon jouffroyi
- Leontodon kaiseri
- Leontodon kerneri
- Leontodon kotschyi
- Leontodon kulczynskii
- Leontodon kunthianus
- Leontodon laciniatus
- Leontodon laconicus
- Leontodon lannesii
- Leontodon libanoticus
- Leontodon lucidus
- Leontodon macrorrhizus
- Leontodon maroccanus
- Leontodon megalorrhizus
- Leontodon molineri
- Leontodon nivatensis
- Leontodon oxylepis
- Leontodon pinetorum
- Leontodon pinnatifidus
- Leontodon pitardii
- Leontodon pratensis
- Leontodon preslii
- Leontodon reboudianum
- Leontodon rigens
- Leontodon rosani
- Leontodon ruthii
- Leontodon saxatilis
- Leontodon siculus
- Leontodon sooi
- Leontodon stenocalathius
- Leontodon subincanus
- Leontodon sublyratus
- Leontodon taraxacoides
- Leontodon tenuiflorus
- Leontodon tingitanus
- Leontodon tomentosus
- Leontodon tuberosus
- Leontodon tulmentinus
- Leontodon uliginosus
- Leontodon vegetus
Further reading
- Euro+Med Plantbase
- Battandier, J. A.; L. Trabut (1902). Flore de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie. Alger.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Blatter, E. (1921). Flora Arabica II: Leguminosae-Compositae. Calcutta.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Boulos, L. (2002). Flora of Egypt. Cairo.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Danin, A. (2004). Distribution atlas of plants in the Flora Palaestina area. Jerusalem.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Davis, P. (1975). Flora of Turkey Vol. 5. Edinburgh.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Finch, R. A.; P. D. Sell (1976). Leontodon L. In: Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters S. M. & Webb D. A. (eds), Flora Europaea Vol. 4. Cambridge.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Jafri, S.M.H.; A. El-Gadi (1983). Flora of Libya. Tripoli.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Jahandiez, E.; R. Maire (1934). Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. Vol. 3. Alger.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Moutérde, P. (1983). Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. Beyrouth.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Pittoni, H. (1977). "Leontodon". In K. H. Rechinger (ed.). Flora Iranica. Vol. 122. Graz.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Quézel, P.; S. Santa (1963). Nouvelle flore de l'Algérie et des régions désertiques méridionales. Paris.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Rechinger, K. H. (1964). Flora of lowland Iraq. Weinheim.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Vassilev, V. N. (2000). Leontodon. In Bobrov, E. G. & Tzevelev, N. N. Flora of the USSR 29: Compositae, Cichorieae, pages 204-218. Enfield.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Widder, F.J. (1975). "Die Gliederung der Gattung Leontodon". Phyton (Horn, Austria). 17: 23–29. ISSN 0079-2047.
- "Leontodon and Scorzoneroides (Asteraceae, Cichorieae) in Italy". Plant Biosystems. 146 (Suppl. 1). Taylor & Francis: 41–51. 2012. doi:10.1080/11263504.2012.710272. ISSN 1126-3504.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - Zohary, M. (1978). Flora Palaestina Vol. 3. Jerusalem.
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References
- ^ a b c Flann, C. (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ "52. Leontodon Linnaeus", Flora of North America
- ^ "LEONTODON L.", Flora of New Zealand
- ^ Rosabelle Samuel, Walter Gutermann, Tod F. Stuessy, Claudete F. Ruas, Hans-Walter Lack, Karin Tremetsberger, Salvador Talavera, Barbara Hermanowski and Friedrich Ehrendorfer (2006), "Molecular phylogenetics reveals Leontodon (Asteraceae, Lactuceae) to be diphyletic", American Journal of Botany, 93: 1193–1205, doi:10.3732/ajb.93.8.1193, PMID 21642184
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Greuter, W., Gutermann, W. & Talavera, S., "A preliminary conspectus of Scorzoneroides (Compositae, Cichorieae) with validation of the required new names" (PDF), Willdenowia, 36: 689–692, doi:10.3372/wi.36.36204, ISSN 0511-9618
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ D. L. Buckingham and W. J. Peach (2005). "The influence of livestock management on habitat quality for farmland birds". Animal Science. 81: 199–203. doi:10.1079/asc50700199.
- ^ Kleonikos G. Stavridakis, Κλεόνικος Γ. Σταυριδάκης (2006). Wild edible plants of Crete - Η Άγρια βρώσιμη χλωρίδα της Κρήτης. Rethymnon Crete. ISBN 960-631-179-1.
- ^ Zidorn, C. (2008). "Sesquiterpene lactones and their precursors as chemosystematic markers in the tribe Cichorieae of the Asteraceae". Phytochemistry (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). 69: 2270–2296. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2008.06.013. ISSN 0031-9422.
- ^ "Evaluation of chemosystematic characters in the genus Leontodon". Taxon (IAPT, Vienna). 50: 115–133. 2001. doi:10.2307/1224515. ISSN 0040-0262.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ "Flavonoids as chemosystematic markers in the tribe Cichorieae of the Asteraceae". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). 38: 935–957. 2010. doi:10.1016/j.bse.2009.09.006. ISSN 0305-1978.
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