Lecocarpus

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iLecocarpus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Lecocarpus Decne.
Species
See text.

Lecocarpus is a genus in the family Asteraceae, native to Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.

[edit] Species

• Lecocarpus darwinii H. Adsersen
• Lecocarpus lecocarpoides ( B.L.Rob. & Greenm. ) Cronquist & Stuessy
• Lecocarpus leptolobus ( S.F.Blake ) Cronquist & Stuessy
• Lecocarpus pinnatifidus Decne.

[edit] Reference

• Adsersen H. 1980. Revision of the Galapagos endemic genus Lecocarpus (Asteraceae). Bot. Tidsskr. 75. (1): 63 - 76 [taxonomic revision]

[edit] External link

• Charles Darwin Foundation Report on Species endangered of extinction (including Lecocarpus lecocarpoides, vulnerable in IUCN Redlist) in Galápagos