Lycapsus

Lycapsus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Perityleae[1]
Genus: Lycapsus
Phil.
Binomial name
Lycapsus tenuifolius
Phil.
Synonyms[1]
  • Alomia tenuifolia (Phil.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Reiche

Lycapsus is a genus of flowering plants in the rock daisy tribe within the sunflower family.[2][3]

Species

There is only one known species, Lycapsus tenuifolius, native to Chile in South America.[1][4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Philippi, Rudolf Amandus. 1870. Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 28: 499 description in Latin, commentary in German
  3. Tropicos, Lycapsus Phil.
  4. Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157