Kalmiopsis

Kalmiopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae.

Kalmiopsis
Kalmiopsis leachiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Subfamily: Ericoideae
Tribe: Phyllodoceae
Genus: Kalmiopsis
Rehder
Species

2, see text

Species

It contains two species, which are endemic to Oregon in the United States.[1] This was a monotypic genus containing only Kalmiopsis leachiana until 2007, when a form of it was elevated to species status, Kalmiopsis fragrans.

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Kalmiopsis leachianaKalmiopsisSiskiyou Mountains of southwest Oregon
Kalmiopsis fragransNorth Umpqua kalmiopsisDouglas County, Oregon.

References

  1. Kalmiopsis. Flora of North America.


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