Kalmiopsis

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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:
Genus: Kalmiopsis
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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.


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