Legousia

Legousia ('''Venus' looking-glass') is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, native to Europe. Species in the genus used to be placed under genus Specularia along with plants in genera Triodanis and Heterocodon as well as some species in genus Campanula''. However, the division has been confirmed evolutionarily comprehensive by a Campanulaceae phylogeny based on DNA molecular evidence.

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GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderAsterales
FamilyCampanulaceae

Native toAlbania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Eritrea

Observations recorded65,208

Легузия (лат. Legousia) — род травянистых растений семейства Колокольчиковые (Campanulaceae). Род назван в честь французского учёного Бениня Ле Гу де Жерлана[fr] (1695—1774).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 52
With media: 32
Family: Campanulaceae
Collections: MO, GH, SBBG, MNHN, B, UPS
Recorded in: Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Morocco, United States, Iran, Spain, Luxembourg

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Legousia ('''Venus' looking-glass') is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, native to Europe. Species in the genus used to be placed under genus Specularia along with plants in genera Triodanis and Heterocodon as well as some species in genus Campanula. However, the division has been confirmed evolutionarily comprehensive by a Campanulaceae phylogeny based on DNA molecular evidence.

==Species== Legousia species include: Legousia falcata Legousia hybrida Legousia julianii Legousia pentagonia Legousia scabra Legousia skvortsovii Legousia snogerupii Tan, Biel & Sfikas. 2015 Legousia speculum-veneris

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