Lepidophyllum

Lepidophyllum is a genus of South American flowering plants in the daisy family.[3][4]

Species

Lepidophyllum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Astereae[1]
Genus:
Lepidophyllum

Cass. 1816 not Trinajstić 1990 (syn of Phyllolepidum in Brassicaceae)[2]
Binomial name
Lepidophyllum cupressiforme
Synonyms[1]
  • Brachyridium Meisn.
  • Conyza cupressifomis Lam.
  • Athanasia cupressiformis Comm. ex DC.
  • Brachyridium cupressiforme (Cass.) Meisn.
  • Baccharis cupressiformis (Lam.) Pers.
  • Gutierrezia cupressiformis (Lam.) Sch.Bip.

There is only one accepted species, Lepidophyllum cupressiforme, native to southern Argentina (Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego Provinces) and southern Chile (Magallanes Region).[1][5]

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-12-14 at Archive.today
  2. Tropicos, search for Lepidophyllum
  3. Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1816. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1816: 199 in French
  4. Tropicos, Lepidophyllum Cass.
  5. The Plant List, Lepidophyllum cupressiforme (Lam.) Cass.
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