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June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Saussurea DC.

This genus name was first published in Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 16: 156, 198, tt. 10, 13. 1810

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000034182.

Literature

Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 16: 156, 198, tt. 10, 13. 1810 [Jul-Dec 1810]
Salisbury, R. A. (1807). I. Observations on the Perigynous Insertion of the Stamina of Plants. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 8(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1807.tb00303.x

Statistics

Synonyms of Saussurea

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Aplotaxis	DC.	Arch. Bot. (Paris) 2: 330 (1833)	wfo-4000002689
Aucklandia	Falc.	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 475 (1841)	wfo-4000003637
Bennettia	Gray	Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 440 (1821).	wfo-4000004425
Eriocoryne	Wall. ex DC.	Prodr. 6: 541 (1838)	wfo-4000013829
Hemistepta	Bunge	Dorpater Jahrb. Litt. 1: 221. 1833	wfo-4000017443
Lagurostemon	Cass.	Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 53: 466 (1828)	wfo-4000020466
Saussuria	St.-Lag.	Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon viii. (1881) 175	wfo-4000034184
Hemistephia	Steud.	–	wfo-4100001733

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