Leptosiphon

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Leptosiphonaureus.jpg

|image_caption = Leptosiphon aureus

|taxon = Leptosiphon

|authority = Benth. (1833)

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = 32; see text

|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:317474-2 Leptosiphon Benth.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 April 2024.

|synonyms =

  • Dactylophyllum {{small|Spach (1840)}}
  • Linanthastrum {{small|Ewan (1942)}}
  • Siphonella {{small|A.Heller (1912), nom. illeg.}}

|synonyms_ref =

}}

Leptosiphon is a genus of flowering plants in the Polemoniaceae family.{{Cite journal |last=Goodwillie |first=Carol |date=1999 |title=MULTIPLE ORIGINS OF SELF-COMPATIBILITY INLINANTHUSSECTIONLEPTOSIPHON(POLEMONIACEAE): PHYLOGENETIC EVIDENCE FROM INTERNAL-TRANSCRIBED-SPACER SEQUENCE DATA |journal=Evolution |volume=53 |issue=5 |pages=1387–1395 |doi=10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb05403.x |issn=0014-3820|doi-access=free |pmid=28565552 }}{{Cite journal |last1=Goodwillie |first1=Carol |last2=Ness |first2=Jennifer M. |date=June 2013 |title=Interactions of hybridization and mating systems: A case study in Leptosiphon (Polemoniaceae) |url=https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3732/ajb.1200616 |journal=American Journal of Botany |language=en |volume=100 |issue=6 |pages=1002–1013 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1200616 |pmid=23507735 |issn=0002-9122|url-access=subscription }} Many included species were formerly classified as members of the genus Linanthus. Some species of this genus are grown as ornamental plants.

Species

32 species are accepted.

References