Legousia

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]

Venus' looking glass
Scientific classification
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

Species

Legousia species include:

  • Legousia falcata (Ten.) Fritsch ex Janch. 1907
  • Legousia hybrida (L.) Delarbre 1800
  • Legousia julianii (Batt.) Briq. 1931
  • Legousia pentagonia (L.) Thell. 1908
  • Legousia scabra (Lowe) Gamisans 1985
  • Legousia skvortsovii Proskur. 1980
  • Legousia snogerupii Tan, Biel & Sfikas. 2015
  • Legousia speculum-veneris (L.) Durande ex Vill. 1786

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.


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