Lysipomia

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Lysipomia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Lysipomia
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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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Knox, E. B., et al. (2008). The predominantly South American clade of Lobeliaceae. Systematic Botany 33(2), 462-68.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ayers, T. Evolution of Lysipomia. Northern Arizona University.
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