Lyperia | |
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Lyperia lychnidea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
Genus: | Lyperia Benth. (1836) |
Species [1] | |
six; see text |
Lyperia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Scrophulariaceae. It includes six species native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa. [1]
Six species are accepted. [1]
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