| 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. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported).
 
 
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                            | Name: | Leontopodium nivale (Ten.) Hand.-Mazz. | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | in Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 74: (28). 1924 | 
						  
                          
                            | 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 - Gnaphalieae Lecoq & Juillet
 Genus - Leontopodium Cass.
 
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		| Basionym: | Gnaphalium nivale Ten. | 
                          
                          
                            | Homotypic synonyms: | Gnaphalium nivale Ten. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Leontopodium alpinum subsp. nivale (Ten.) Tutin | 
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                          	| Included taxa: | Leontopodium nivale (Ten.) Hand.-Mazz. subsp. nivale | 
                          
                          	|  | Leontopodium nivale subsp. alpinum (Cass.) Greuter | 
 
						  
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		| Common names: | Stella alpina dell’Appennino (Italian), Балканска звезда (Bulgarian), Еделвайс (Bulgarian)[Credits] | 
	
		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | Al Au(A L) BH Bu Cg Ct Ga(F) Ge He Hs(S) It Po Rm Sk Sl Sr Uk(U) [Br aCs cEs cHu] |