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Saussurea
Saussurea is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the thistle tribe within the daisy family, native to cool temperate and arctic regions of Asia, Europe, and North America, with the highest diversity in alpine habitats in the Himalaya and central Asia. Common names include saw-wort and snow lotus, the latter used for a number of high altitude species in central Asia.
32 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Subgenus Saussurea
subgenusSaussurea
Subgenus Theodorea
subgenusTheodorea
Amphilaena
subgenusAmphilaena
Eriocoryne
subgenusEriocoryne
Saussurea sessiliflora
speciesSaussurea sessiliflora
Saussurea bullockii
speciesSaussurea bullockii
Saussurea populifolia
speciesSaussurea populifolia
Saussurea yanagisawae
speciesSaussurea yanagisawae
Saussurea squarrosa
speciesSaussurea squarrosa
Saussurea lenensis
speciesSaussurea lenensis
Saussurea falconeri
speciesSaussurea falconeri
Saussurea congesta
speciesSaussurea congesta
Saussurea tunglingensis
speciesSaussurea tunglingensis
Saussurea savatieri
speciesSaussurea savatieri
Saussurea chamarensis
speciesSaussurea chamarensis
Saussurea balangshanensis
speciesSaussurea balangshanensis
Saussurea scaposa
speciesSaussurea scaposa
Saussurea lehmannii
speciesSaussurea lehmannii
Saussurea glanduligera
speciesSaussurea glanduligera
Saussurea pennata
speciesSaussurea pennata
Saussurea dzeurensis
speciesSaussurea dzeurensis
Saussurea andoana
speciesSaussurea andoana
Saussurea mihokokawakamiana
speciesSaussurea mihokokawakamiana
Saussurea diffusa
speciesSaussurea diffusa
Saussurea pinnatiphylla
speciesSaussurea pinnatiphylla
Saussurea morozeviczi
speciesSaussurea morozeviczi
Saussurea shiretokoensis
speciesSaussurea shiretokoensis
Saussurea winkleri
speciesSaussurea winkleri
Saussurea ajanensis
speciesSaussurea ajanensis
Saussurea arctecapitulata
speciesSaussurea arctecapitulata
Saussurea ainorum
speciesSaussurea ainorum
Saussurea glabrescens
speciesSaussurea glabrescens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72342.