Leptocarpha is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1][2] It is endemic to central Chile.[3]

Leptocarpha
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ecliptinae
Genus: Leptocarpha
DC.
Species:
L. rivularis
Binomial name
Leptocarpha rivularis

Species

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There is only one known species, Leptocarpha rivularis, native to the La Araucania Region of Chile.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta 5: 495 in Latin
  2. ^ Tropicos, Leptocarpha DC.
  3. ^ "Leptocarpha DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  4. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Leptocarpha Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
  5. ^ The Plant List, Leptocarpha rivularis DC.