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Lecocarpus
Lecocarpus pinnatifidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Millerieae
Subtribe:	Melampodiinae
Genus:	Lecocarpus Decne.
Type species
Lecocarpus pinnatifidus Decne.

Lecocarpus is a plant genus in the family Asteraceae, native to Galápagos Islands, part of Ecuador.

Species

• Lecocarpus darwinii H.Adsersen
• Lecocarpus lecocarpoides (B.L.Rob. & Greenm ) Cronquist & Stuessy
• Lecocarpus pinnatifidus Decne.

References

1. Decaisne, Joseph. 1846. Voyage Autour du Monde sur la Frégate la Venus Pendant les Années 1836-1839. Botanique 19. t. 14
2. Tropicos, Lecocarpus Decne.
3. Adsersen H. 1980. Revision of the Galapágos endemic genus Lecocarpus (Asteraceae). Bot. Tidsskr. 75(1):63-76
4. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-12-13 at archive.today

External links

Media related to Lecocarpus at Wikimedia Commons

• Charles Darwin Foundation Report on Species endangered of extinction (including Lecocarpus lecocarpoides, vulnerable in IUCN Redlist) in Galápagos

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