Biology:Kalmiopsis

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Kalmiopsis
Kalmiopsis Leachiana.jpg
Kalmiopsis leachiana
Scientific classification e
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

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

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.

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
1807b-Kalmiopsis leachiana-Sedloňov-5.16.JPG Kalmiopsis leachiana Kalmiopsis Siskiyou Mountains of southwest Oregon
Kalmiopsis fragrans.jpg Kalmiopsis fragrans North Umpqua kalmiopsis Douglas County, Oregon.

References

  1. Kalmiopsis. Flora of North America.

Wikidata ☰ Q24069 entry