Doronicum
{{short description|Genus of flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae}}
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| taxon = Doronicum
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| synonyms_ref={{cite web |title=Doronicum L. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=
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|Fullartonia|DC.
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Doronicum is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, known as leopard's bane.{{Citation |last=Stace |first=Clive |author-link=Clive Stace |year=2019 |title=New Flora of the British Isles |edition=4th |publication-place=Middlewood Green, Suffolk, UK |publisher=C&M Floristics |isbn=978-1-5272-2630-2 |page=809}} They are all herbaceous perennials native to Europe, southwest Asia and Siberia. They produce yellow, daisy-like flowerheads in spring and summer.{{cite book |title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants |year=2008 |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |location=United Kingdom |isbn=978-1405332965 |pages=1136 }} The plants typically thrive in cool, mountainous regions and prefer well-drained soil with partial to full sunlight exposure. Due to their bright and vibrant flowers, Doronicum species are often cultivated as ornamental plants in gardens, particularly for early-season color.{{Cite web |title=Leopard's Bane, Doronicum orientale - Flowers - NatureGate |url=https://luontoportti.com/en/t/2174/leopards-bane |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=luontoportti.com}}
Although the genus is often classified in the tribe Senecioneae, there is evidence that a classification elsewhere in the subfamily Asteroideae may be more appropriate.{{cite book |page=509 |title=Systematics, Evolution and Biogeography of the Compositae |editor-last=Funk |editor-first=Vicki A. |editor2-last=Susanna |editor2-first=Alfonso |editor3-last=Stuessy |editor3-first=Tod F. |editor4-last=Bayer |editor4-first=Randall J. |year=2009 |publisher=International Association for Plant Taxonomy |url=https://compositae.org/downloads/Systematics_evolution_and_Biogeography_of_Compositae.pdf |isbn=978-3-9501754-3-1 }}
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- Doronicum ×excelsum (N.E.Br.) Stace
- Doronicum ×halacsyi Eichenfeld
- Doronicum altaicum Pall
- Doronicum austriacum Jacq.
- Doronicum cacaliifolium Boiss. & Heldr.
- Doronicum calotum (Diels) Q.Yan
- Doronicum carpaticum (Griseb. & Schenk) Nyman
- Doronicum carpetanum Willk.
- Doronicum cataractarum Widder
- Doronicum caucasicum M.Bieb. -- Leopard's bane
- Doronicum clusii (All.) Tausch
- Doronicum columnae Ten. – Eastern leopard's bane
- Doronicum conaense Y.L.Chen
- Doronicum corsicum (Loisel.) Poir.
- Doronicum dolichotrichum Cavill
- Doronicum falconeri C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.
- Doronicum × fritschii Widder
- Doronicum glaciale (Wulfen) Nyman
- Doronicum × grafii Widder
- Doronicum grandiflorum Lam.
- Doronicum × halacsyi Eichenf.
- Doronicum haussknechtii Cavill.
- Doronicum hungaricum Rchb.f.
- Doronicum kamaonense (DC.) Alv.Fern.
- Doronicum macrophyllum Fisch.
- Doronicum maximum Boiss. & A.Huet
- Doronicum × minutilloi Peruzzi
- Doronicum oblongifolium DC.
- Doronicum pardalianches L. -- Leopard's bane
- Doronicum × pardalianchoides Bornm. and Koch
- Doronicum plantagineum L. -- Plantain-leaved leopard's bane
- Doronicum × prennii Widder
- Doronicum pyrenaicum (J.Gay ex Gren. & Godr.) Rivas Mart.
- Doronicum reticulatum Boiss.
- Doronicum stenoglossum Maxim
- Doronicum turkestanicum Cavill.
- Doronicum wendelboi J.R.Edm.
- Doronicum × willdenowii (Rouy) A.W.Hill
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Doronicum bellidiastrum Sm. is a synonym for Bellis sylvestris.{{cite web |title=Bellis sylvestris Cirillo |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:184425-1 |access-date=19 December 2018 }}
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External links
- {{Cite book |author=Pink, A. |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11892 |title=Gardening for the Million |year=2004 |publisher=Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation}}
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Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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