Lysipomia
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Campanulaceae |
Subfamily: | Lobelioideae |
Genus: | Lysipomia Kunth |
Lysipomia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae. They are cushion-like mountain plants all endemic to the high Andes. The genus is monophyletic.[1]
There are about 30 described species.[1] There are about 10 more recognized taxa not yet described to science.[2]
Described species include:[2]
- Lysipomia acaulis Kunth
- Lysipomia aretioides Kunth
- Lysipomia bilineata McVaugh
- Lysipomia bourgonii
- Lysipomia brachysiphonia
- Lysipomia caespitosa T.J.Ayers
- Lysipomia crassomarginata (E.Wimm.) Jeppesen
- Lysipomia cuspidata McVaugh
- Lysipomia cylindrocarpa T.J.Ayers
- Lysipomia glandulifera
- Lysipomia globularis
- Lysipomia gracilis
- Lysipomia hirta
- Lysipomia hutchinsonii
- Lysipomia laciniata
- Lysipomia laricina E.Wimm.
- Lysipomia lehmannii Hieron. ex Zahlbr.
- Lysipomia minuta
- Lysipomia montioides
- Lysipomia multiflora
- Lysipomia muscoides
- Lysipomia oellgaardii Jeppesen
- Lysipomia pumila
- Lysipomia rhizomata McVaugh
- Lysipomia sparrei Jeppesen
- Lysipomia speciosa T.J.Ayers
- Lysipomia sphagnophila
- Lysipomia subpetata
- Lysipomia tubulosa McVaugh
- Lysipomia vitreola McVaugh
- Lysipomia wurdackii
References
- ^ a b Eric B. Knox, A. Muthama Muasya & Nathan Muchhala (2008). "The predominantly South American clade of Lobeliaceae" (PDF). Systematic Botany. 33 (2): 462–468. doi:10.1600/036364408784571590.
- ^ a b Tina Ayers. "Evolution of Lysipomia". Northern Arizona University. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2015.