''Lysipomia'' 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 The family Campanulaceae (also bellflower family), of the order Asterales, contains nearly 2400 species in 84 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky sap. Among them are several familiar garden plants bel ...

. They are cushion-like mountain plants all

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 ...

to the high Andes. The genus is

monophyletic In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of organisms which meets these criteria: # the grouping contains its own most recent co ...

. There are about 40 described species. There are about 10 more recognized taxa not yet described to science. Described species include: *'' Lysipomia acaulis''

Kunth Carl Sigismund Kunth (18 June 1788 – 22 March 1850) was a German botanist. He was also known as Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth. He was one of the early systematic botanists who focused on studying the plants of th ...

*'' 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 ''Lysipomia cylindrocarpa'' is a species of plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominance (ecolog ...

'' 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

References

Campanulaceae genera Flora of the Andes Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Campanulaceae-stub