''Kalmiopsis'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the family

Ericaceae The Ericaceae () are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with about 4,250 known species spread acros ...

Species

It contains two species, which are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...

in the United States.''Kalmiopsis''.
Flora of North America. This was a

monotypic genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...

containing only '' Kalmiopsis leachiana'' until 2007, when a form of it was elevated to species status, ''

Kalmiopsis fragrans ''Kalmiopsis fragrans'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the Ericaceae, heath family known by the common name North Umpqua kalmiopsis. It is Endemism, endemic to Oregon in the United States, where there are just a few known populations, al ...

''.

References

Ericaceae genera Ericoideae Flora of Oregon {{Ericaceae-stub