Leptosiphon is a genus of flowering plants in the Polemoniaceae family.[2][3] Many included species were formerly classified as members of the genus Linanthus. Some species of this genus are grown as ornamental plants.

Leptosiphon
Leptosiphon aureus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Leptosiphon
Benth. (1833)
Species[1]

32; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Dactylophyllum Spach (1840)
  • Linanthastrum Ewan (1942)
  • Siphonella A.Heller (1912), nom. illeg.

Species

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32 species are accepted.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Leptosiphon Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  2. ^ Goodwillie, Carol (1999). "MULTIPLE ORIGINS OF SELF-COMPATIBILITY INLINANTHUSSECTIONLEPTOSIPHON(POLEMONIACEAE): PHYLOGENETIC EVIDENCE FROM INTERNAL-TRANSCRIBED-SPACER SEQUENCE DATA". Evolution. 53 (5): 1387–1395. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb05403.x. ISSN 0014-3820. PMID 28565552.
  3. ^ Goodwillie, Carol; Ness, Jennifer M. (June 2013). "Interactions of hybridization and mating systems: A case study in Leptosiphon (Polemoniaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 100 (6): 1002–1013. doi:10.3732/ajb.1200616. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 23507735.