Legousia

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Venus' looking glass
Legousia speculum-veneris1 eF.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Subfamily: Campanuloideae
Genus: Legousia
Durande, 1782
Species

7 species, see text

Legousia (Venus' looking-glass) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, native to Europe. Species in the genus used to be placed under genus Specularia along with plants in genera Triodanis and Heterocodon as well as some species in genus Campanula. However, the division has been confirmed evolutionarily comprehensive by a Campanulaceae phylogeny based on DNA molecular evidence.[1]

Species

Legousia species include:

Synonyms

  • Apenula Neck. – Elem. Bot. 1: 234 (1790).
  • Legouzia Delarbre – Fl. Auvergne, ed. 2: 45 (1800).
  • Specularia Heist. ex A.DC. – Monogr. Campan.: 344 (1830), nom. superfl.
  • Pentagonia Möhring ex Kuntze – Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 381 (1891), nom. illeg.

References

  1. ^ Crowl, Andrew; Mavrodiev, Evgeny; Mansion, Guilhem; Haberle, Rosemarie; Pistarino, Annalaura; Kamari, Georgia; Phitos, Dimitrios; Borsch, Thomas; Cellinese, Nico (2014). "Phylogeny of Campanuloideae (Campanulaceae) with Emphasis on the Utility of Nuclear Pentatricopeptide Repeat (PPR) Genes". PLOS ONE. 9 (4): e94199. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...994199C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094199. PMC 3981779. PMID 24718519.