Ligularia

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| image = Ligularia sibirica-Ligulaire de Sibérie.JPG

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Ligularia

| authority = Cass. 1816, conserved name, not Duval 1809 (Saxifragaceae)[http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=Ligularia&commonname= Tropicos search for Ligularia]

| type_species = L. sibirica

| synonyms =

Erythrochaete Siebold & Zucc.
Cyathocephalum Nakai
Senecillis Gaertn.

|synonyms_ref = [http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20141106174748/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch |date=2014-11-06 }}

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Ligularia (leopard plant) is a genus of Old World herbaceous perennial plants in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family.{{WD1913}} They have yellow or orange composite flower heads with brown or yellow central disc florets, and are native to damp habitats mostly in central and eastern Asia, with a few species from Europe.{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1405332965|pages=1136}} There are about 120Liu, J. Q., et al. (2006). [http://ir.nwipb.ac.cn/bitstream/363003/1350/1/Radiation%20and%20diversification%20within%20the%20Ligularia-Cremanthodium-Parasenecio%20complex%20%28Asteraceae%29%20triggered%20by%20uplift%20of%20the%20Qinghai-Tibetan%20Plateau.pdf Radiation and diversification within the Ligularia–Cremanthodium–Parasenecio complex (Asteraceae) triggered by uplift of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.] Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38(1) 31-49. to 140 species in the genus, and over half are endemic to China.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=118542 Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 376 橐吾属 tuo wu shu Ligularia Cass.] . The name Ligularia, from the Latin for "strap", refers to the shape of the ray florets.{{cite book|last=Coombes|first=A. J.|title=The A to Z of Plant Names|year=2012|publisher=Timber Press|location=USA|isbn=9781604691962|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781604691962/page/312 312]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781604691962/page/312}}

Some species and cultivars are cultivated as ornamentals. Ligularia dentata ‘Britt Marie Crawford’{{cite web

| url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/221771/i-Ligularia-i-Britt-Marie-Crawford-sup-(PBR)-sup/Details

| title = RHS Plantfinder - Ligularia 'Britt Marie Crawford' | accessdate = 7 March 2018}} Ligularia x hessei (Ligularia dentata x Ligularia wilsoniana) 'Gregynog Gold'{{cite web

| title=RHS Plant Selector - Ligularia 'Gregynog Gold'|url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1153

| accessdate=21 May 2013}} and Ligularia przewalskii 'The Rocket'{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - Ligularia 'The Rocket'|url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1155|accessdate=21 May 2013}} have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web | url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 60 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | accessdate = 22 March 2018}} They are best grown in fertile, moist soil and full sun, with some shade at midday.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

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Category:Asteraceae genera

Category:Taxa named by Henri Cassini