Lecocarpus

Lecocarpus
Lecocarpus pinnatifidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Millerieae
Genus: Lecocarpus
Decne.
Type species
Lecocarpus pinnatifidus
Decne.

Lecocarpus is a plant genus in the sunflower family, native to Galápagos Islands, part of Ecuador.[1][2][3]

Species[4]
  1. Lecocarpus darwinii H.Adsersen
  2. Lecocarpus lecocarpoides (B.L.Rob. & Greenm ) Cronquist & Stuessy
  3. Lecocarpus pinnatifidus Decne.

References

  1. Decaisne, Joseph. 1846. Voyage Autour du Monde sur la Frégate la Venus Pendant les Années 1836-1839. Botanique 19. t. 14
  2. Tropicos, Lecocarpus Decne.
  3. Adsersen H. 1980. Revision of the Galapágos endemic genus Lecocarpus (Asteraceae). Bot. Tidsskr. 75(1):63-76
  4. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist

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