Lycapsus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Perityleae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

Lycapsus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Perityleae
Subtribe: Lycapsinae
H.Rob.
Genus: Lycapsus
Phil.
Species:
L. tenuifolius
Binomial name
Lycapsus tenuifolius
Synonyms[1]
  • Alomia tenuifolia (Phil.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Reiche
Species

There is only one known species, Lycapsus tenuifolius, native to Chile in South America.[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Philippi, Rudolf Amandus. 1870. Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 28: 499 description in Latin, commentary in German
  3. ^ Tropicos, Lycapsus Phil.
  4. ^ Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157