Saussurea
Dwarf Alpine Charter ( Saussurea pygmaea )
The Alps slits ( Saussurea ) is a plant genus in the subfamily Carduoideae within the sunflower family ( Asteraceae).
They have their areas, above all in cool regions of the northern hemisphere.
Description
The Alps charters are perennial herbaceous plants. You can reach up to at least 3 m depending on the type stature heights of only 5 cm. The leaves are mostly well-educated rosettes and also alternate spirally on the stem.
The total inflorescences are composed of small basket- shaped inflorescences. In some species, the whole plants or inflorescences as enveloped in wool ( depending on the altitude of the areas ). Many bracts are usually in three to five, rarely up to ten rows. As with all Carduoideae only tubular flowers are available; in this genus ten to twenty per flower head.
The achene is cylindrical or four - to five -edged. The pappus usually consists of two rows of bristles.
Use
Especially Saussurea laniceps and the Indian Kostuswurzel ( Saussurea costus ) ( with the drug: Costuswurzel ) have a pharmaceutical use.
Systematics and distribution
The botanical genus name Saussurea honors the Swiss naturalist Horace - Bénédict de Saussure ( 1740-1799 ).
There are about 300 Saussurea species, almost all are found in Eurasia. In North America, six species are widespread in northern Australia there is a kind Here is a list of selected species:
- Saussurea abnormis: Himalayas.
- Saussurea acrophila: China.
- Saussurea albescens: Western Himalayas.
- Common Alps Charter or Charter Ordinary Alps ( Saussurea alpina): Northern Europe and Central Europe, northwestern Asia.
- Saussurea amara: China, Russia.
- American Alpine Charter ( Saussurea americana): Western North America.
- Saussurea amurensis: China.
- Saussurea angustifolia: Arctic northeastern Asia, Alaska, Canada.
- Saussurea auriculata: Himalayas, western China.
- Saussurea bhutkesh: Himalayas.
- Saussurea bodinieri: China.
- Saussurea bullockii: China.
- Saussurea cana: China.
- Saussurea Candolleana: Himalayas.
- Saussurea ceratocarpa: Kashmir.
- Saussurea chinnampoensis: China.
- Saussurea chrysotricha: Himalayas.
- Saussurea controversa: Russia.
- Saussurea cordifolia: China.
- Indian Kostuswurzel or Kostuspflanze ( Saussurea costus, Syn: Saussurea lappa ): Eastern Himalayas.
- Saussurea crispa: Himalayas.
- Saussurea deltoidea: Himalayas, China, Taiwan.
- Saussurea densa: Arctic northeastern Asia, Canada, the U.S. state of Montana.
- Saussurea dhwojii: Himalayas.
- Felt Alpine Charter or two-color Alps Charte ( Saussurea discolor): Alpine Central Europe.
- Saussurea Dolichopoda: China.
- Saussurea donkiah: Himalayas.
- Saussurea dutaillyana: China.
- Saussurea dzeurensis: China.
- Saussurea elegans: Caucasus.
- Saussurea epilobioides. China.
- Saussurea fastuosa: Himalayas, western China.
- Saussurea formosana Taiwan.
- Saussurea forrestii: Himalayas.
- Saussurea frondosa: China.
- Saussurea glandulosa: Taiwan.
- Saussurea globosa: China.
- Saussurea gnaphalodes: Himalayas, western China.
- Saussurea gossypiphora: Himalayas.
- Saussurea graminea: China.
- Saussurea graminifolia: Himalayas.
- Saussurea grandiflora: China.
- Saussurea heteromalla: Himalayas.
- Saussurea hieracioides: Himalayas, western China.
- Saussurea hookeri: Himalayas.
- Saussurea involucrata: Himalayas, China.
- Saussurea iodostegia: China.
- Saussurea japonica: Japan, Korea, northern China.
- Saussurea kanaii: Himalayas.
- Saussurea kanzanensis: Taiwan.
- Saussurea kingii: China.
- Saussurea kiraisanensis: Taiwan.
- Saussurea laminamaensis: Himalayas.
- Saussurea laniceps: China.
- Saussurea lanuginosa: China.
- Saussurea leontodontoides: Himalayas.
- Saussurea licentiana: China.
- Saussurea likiangensis: Southwestern China.
- Saussurea linearifolia: Himalayas.
- Saussurea longifolia: China.
- Saussurea manshurica: Northern China.
- Saussurea medusa: China.
- Saussurea mongolica: Western China, Mongolia.
- Saussurea namikawae: Himalayas.
- Saussurea neofranchetii: China.
- Saussurea nepalensis: Himalayas.
- Saussurea nigrescens: China.
- Saussurea nishiokae: Himalayas.
- Saussurea nivea: China.
- Saussurea nuda: Alaska.
- Saussurea obvallata: Himalayas, western China.
- Saussurea oligantha: China.
- Saussurea otophylla: China.
- Saussurea pachyneura: Himalayas.
- Saussurea parviflora: Russia, China.
- Saussurea pectinata: China.
- Saussurea peguensis: China.
- Saussurea phaeantha: China.
- Saussurea pinetorum: China.
- Saussurea piptathera: Himalayas.
- Saussurea platyphyllaria: Himalayas.
- Saussurea polycephala: China.
- Saussurea polystichoides: Himalayas.
- Saussurea populifolia: China.
- Saussurea porcii: Carpathians.
- Saussurea pulchella: Japan, Korea, northern China, eastern Siberia.
- Dwarf Alpine Charter ( Saussurea pygmaea ): Alps, Carpathians.
- Saussurea quercifolia: China.
- Saussurea romuleifolia: China.
- Saussurea roylei: Himalayas.
- Saussurea runcinata: China.
- Saussurea salsa: Russia, China.
- Saussurea simpsoniana: Himalayas.
- Saussurea sobarocephala: China.
- Saussurea spicata: Himalayas.
- Saussurea stafleuana: Himalayas.
- Saussurea stella: China.
- Saussurea stracheyana: Himalayas.
- Saussurea sughoo: Himalayas.
- Saussurea taraxacifolia: Himalayas.
- Saussurea tangutica: Western Asia.
- Saussurea topkegolensis: Himalayas.
- Saussurea tridactyla: the Himalayas.
- Saussurea turgaiensis: Russia.
- Saussurea uniflora: Himalayas.
- Saussurea ussuriensis: China, eastern Russia.
- Saussurea veitchiana: Central China.
- Saussurea velutina: China.
- Saussurea viscida: Alaska.
- Saussurea weberi: Rocky Mountains.
- Saussurea werneroides: Himalayas.
- Saussurea Yakla: Himalayas.
Swell
- Theodore M. Barkley, Luc Brouillet, John L. Strother: Asteraceae Flora of North America, 2006, Volume 19, page 165: Saussurea - Online. (English )