''Solenopsis '' is a genus of plants in the
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 ...
. It is native to the
Mediterranean
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region from
Portugal
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and the
Canary Islands
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east to
Turkey
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.
[Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.]
Species
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Solenopsis antiphonitis''
Hadjik. & Hand - Cyprus
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Solenopsis balearica''
(E.Wimm.) Aldasoro & al - Balearic Islands
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Solenopsis bicolor''
(Batt.) Greuter & Burdet - Tunisia, Algeria
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Solenopsis bivonae''
(Tineo) M.B.Crespo, Serra & Juan - Calabria, Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus
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Solenopsis corsica''
(Meikle) M.B.Crespo, Serra & Juan - Sardinia, Corsica
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Solenopsis laurentia''
(L.) C.Presl - Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Canary Islands
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Solenopsis minuta''
(L.) C.Presl - Sicily, Sardinia, Crete
References
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Lobelioideae
Campanulaceae genera