| 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.
				
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                            | Nomencl. ref.: | 
                            in Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 74: (28). 1924 | 
                          
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | 
                            Species | 
                          
                          
                            | Status: | 
                            
				
					
                              	
                              	
					ACCEPTED
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		| 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. | 
                          
                          
                          
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                              		Homotypic synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Gnaphalium nivale Ten. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Leontopodium alpinum subsp. nivale (Ten.) Tutin | 
							
                          
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						Included taxa:
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					Leontopodium nivale (Ten.) Hand.-Mazz. subsp. nivale
					
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					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] |