''Heliopsis lanceolata'' is a rare South American
species
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of
flowering plant
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in the family
Asteraceae
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. It has been found only in
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
. It, ''
H. canescens,'' and ''
H. decumbens'' are the only three known species of their genus
endemic
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to South America. All the other species are indigenous to North America, with one ''(
H. buphthalmoides)'' found on both continents.
Blake, Sydney Fay. 1940. Two new species of ''Heliopsis'' (Asteraceae) from South America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 53: 71-73
diagnoses in Latin
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, descriptions and commentary in English
References
lanceolata
Endemic flora of Colombia
Plants described in 1940
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