Saussurea alpina1 The Euro+Med Plantbase Project
Details for: Saussurea alpina
2 different source(s) use this name:

- Euro+Med preliminary checklist as merged from Flora Europaea, Med-Checklist and Flora of Macaronesia (for families not yet treated in Med-Checklist, the distributional record does not include N Africa and SW Asia)..
- Greuter 2005-2009.

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Name: Saussurea alpina (L.) DC.
Nomencl. ref.: in Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 16: 198. 1810
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Spermatophyta
          Subdivisio - Angiospermae
               Class - Dicotyledones
                    Ordo - Asterales
                         Familia - Asteraceae Dumort.
                              Genus - Saussurea DC.
                                  
Geo-Search:
Basionym: Serratula alpina L.
 

Source: Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
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Name: Saussurea alpina (L.) DC.
Nomencl. ref.: in Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 16: 198. 1810
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Magnoliopsida
                    Superordo - Asteranae
                         Ordo - Asterales
                              Familia - Compositae Giseke
                                   Tribus - Cardueae Cass.
                                        Genus - Saussurea DC.
                                            
Geo-Search:
Basionym: Serratula alpina L.
Homotypic synonyms: Serratula alpina L.
Heterotypic synonyms: Saussurea macrophylla Saut.
Saussurea pohlei Gand.
Saussurea pujolica Costa
Saussurea alpina subsp. macrophylla (Saut.) Nyman
Misapplied names: "Saussurea latifolia" sec. Fiori, A. - Nuova flora analitica d’Italia 2 Firenze 1925-1929.
Included taxa: Saussurea depressa Gren.
Saussurea esthonica Rupr.
 
Common names: Alpine Saw-wort (English), Alpska kosmatulja (Slovene), Echte Alpenscharte (German), Fjällskära (Swedish), Fjelltistel (Norwegian), Gewöhnliche Alpenscharte (German), Lääte (Finnish), Nordisk Fjeldskær (Danish), Pabodliak alpínsky veľkolistý (Slovak), Pabodliak alpínsky (Slovak), Saussurea alpejska (Polish), Saussurea delle Alpi (Italian), Saussurée des Alpes (French), Сосюрея альпiйська (Ukraine)[Credits]
Maps: distribution
Occurrence: Au(A L) Br -Bu -Es Fe Ga(F) Ge Hb(E N) He Hs(A S) It -La Mk No Po Rf(A E N NW) ?Rf(C) Rm Sb Sk Sl Sr Su Uk(U)