''Legousia'' (Venus' looking-glass) is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Campanulaceae, native to
Europe
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. 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.
Species
''Legousia '' species include:
* ''
Legousia falcata
''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'' ...
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* ''
Legousia hybrida''
* ''
Legousia julianii''
* ''
Legousia pentagonia''
* ''
Legousia scabra
''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 ...
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* ''
Legousia skvortsovii''
*''
Legousia snogerupii
''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'' ...
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Tan, Biel & Sfikas. 2015
* ''
Legousia speculum-veneris''
A 2019 article in
Willdenowia proposes that ''L. pentagonia'' should be considered as a subspecies of ''L. speculum-veneris'', ''L. castellana'' and ''L. scabra'' be reduced to ''L. falcata'' and '' L. skvortsovii'' be reduced to ''L. hybrida''.
[Morphometric analyses and species delimitation in Legousia (Campanulaceae), 2019, Eric Wahlsteen, Torbjörn Tyler](_blank)
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Synonyms
* ''Apenula''
* ''Legouzia''
* ''Specularia''
* ''Pentagonia''
References
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Tan, K., Biel, B. and Sfikas, G., 2015. Legousia snogerupii (Campanulaceae), a new species from southeastern Kiklades, Greece. ''Phytotaxa'', ''201''(1), pp.63-70.
Campanuloideae
Campanulaceae genera
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