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 )
Range (biology) Pappus (flower structure) Caucasus Mountains Carpathian Mountains
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