''Lysipomia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the family

Campanulaceae The family Campanulaceae (also bellflower family), of the order Asterales, contains nearly 2400 species in 84 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky sap. Among them are several familiar garden plants belo ...

. They are cushion-like mountain plants all

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

to the high Andes. The genus is monophyletic. There are about 40 described species. There are about 10 more recognized taxa not yet described to science. Described species include: *'' Lysipomia acaulis''

Kunth Carl Sigismund Kunth (18 June 1788 – 22 March 1850), also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth, was a German botanist. He is known for being one of the first to study and categorise plants from the American continents, ...

*'' Lysipomia aretioides'' Kunth *'' Lysipomia bilineata'' McVaugh *'' Lysipomia bourgonii'' Ernst *'' Lysipomia brachysiphonia'' (Zahlbr.) E.Wimm. *'' Lysipomia caespitosa'' T.J.Ayers *'' Lysipomia crassomarginata'' (E.Wimm.) Jeppesen *'' Lysipomia cuspidata'' McVaugh *'' Lysipomia cylindrocarpa'' T.J.Ayers *'' Lysipomia glandulifera'' (Wedd.) Schltr & E.Wimm. *'' Lysipomia globularis'' E.Wimm. *'' Lysipomia gracilis'' (E.Wimm) E.Wimm *'' Lysipomia hirta'' E.Wimm. *'' Lysipomia hutchinsonii'' McVaugh *'' Lysipomia laciniata'' A.DC. *'' Lysipomia laricina'' E.Wimm. *'' Lysipomia lehmannii'' Hieron. ''ex'' Zahlbr. *'' Lysipomia mitsyae'' Syvester & D.Quandt *'' Lysipomia montioides'' Kunth *'' Lysipomia multiflora'' McVaugh *'' Lysipomia muscoides'' Hook.f. *'' Lysipomia oblinqua'' E.Wimm., 1048 *'' Lysipomia oellgaardii'' Jeppesen *'' Lysipomia petrosa'' T.J.Ayers *'' Lysipomia pumila'' (Wedd.)E.Wimm. *'' Lysipomia repens'' F.Phil. *'' Lysipomia rhizomata'' McVaugh *'' Lysipomia sparrei'' Jeppesen *'' Lysipomia speciosa'' T.J.Ayers *'' Lysipomia sphagnophila'' Griseb. ex Wedd. *'' Lysipomia subpetata'' McVaugh *''

Lysipomia tubulosa ''Lysipomia tubulosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. It has only been collected twice, most recently over 60 years ago. It is known from forest and páramo habitat in the high Andes. It is ...

'' McVaugh *'' Lysipomia vitreola'' McVaugh *'' Lysipomia wurdackii'' McVaugh

References

Campanulaceae genera Flora of the Andes Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Campanulaceae-stub