Lysipomia Explained

Lysipomia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae. They are cushion-like mountain plants all endemic to the high Andes. The genus is monophyletic.^[1]

There are about 40 described species.^[2] There are about 10 more recognized taxa not yet described to science.^[3]

Described species include:^[3]

• Lysipomia acaulis Kunth
• Lysipomia aretioides Kunth
• Lysipomia bilineata McVaugh
• Lysipomia bourgonii Ernst
• Lysipomia brachysiphonia (Zahlbr.) E.Wimm.
• Lysipomia caespitosa T.J.Ayers
• Lysipomia crassomarginata (E.Wimm.) Jeppesen
• Lysipomia cuspidata McVaugh
• Lysipomia cylindrocarpa T.J.Ayers
• Lysipomia glandulifera (Wedd.) Schltr & E.Wimm.
• Lysipomia globularis E.Wimm.
• Lysipomia gracilis (E.Wimm) E.Wimm
• Lysipomia hirta E.Wimm.
• Lysipomia hutchinsonii McVaugh
• Lysipomia laciniata A.DC.
• Lysipomia laricina E.Wimm.
• Lysipomia lehmannii Hieron. ex Zahlbr.
• Lysipomia mitsyae Sylvester & D.Quandt
• Lysipomia montioides Kunth
• Lysipomia multiflora McVaugh
• Lysipomia muscoides Hook.f.
• Lysipomia oblinqua E.Wimm., 1048
• Lysipomia oellgaardii Jeppesen
• Lysipomia petrosa T.J.Ayers
• Lysipomia pumila (Wedd.)E.Wimm.
• Lysipomia repens F.Phil.
• Lysipomia rhizomata McVaugh
• Lysipomia sparrei Jeppesen
• Lysipomia speciosa T.J.Ayers
• Lysipomia sphagnophila Griseb. ex Wedd.
• Lysipomia subpetata McVaugh
• Lysipomia tubulosa McVaugh
• Lysipomia vitreola McVaugh
• Lysipomia wurdackii McVaugh

Notes and References

1. Eric B. Knox, A. Muthama Muasya & Nathan Muchhala . 2008 . The predominantly South American clade of Lobeliaceae . . 33 . 2 . 462–468 . 10.1600/036364408784571590. 86303255 .
2. Web site: Lysipomia Kunth. 2021-08-16. www.gbif.org. en.
3. Web site: Tina Ayers . Evolution of Lysipomia . . March 18, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094241/http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/ayers/lysipomia/Species/Species.htm . April 2, 2015 . dead .