Lecocarpus

Genus of flowering plants

Lecocarpus
Lecocarpus pinnatifidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Millerieae
Subtribe: Melampodiinae
Genus: Lecocarpus
Decne.
Type species
Lecocarpus pinnatifidus
Decne.

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

Species[4]
  • Lecocarpus darwinii H.Adsersen
  • Lecocarpus lecocarpoides (B.L.Rob. & Greenm ) Cronquist & Stuessy
  • 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 Archived 2014-12-13 at archive.today

Media related to Lecocarpus at Wikimedia Commons

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


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