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Venus' Looking-glasses
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Venus' Looking-glasses

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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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Common Venus'-looking-glass

speciesLegousia speculum-veneris

Venus'-looking-glass

speciesLegousia hybrida

Large Venus'-looking-glass

speciesLegousia pentagonia

Spicate Venus'-looking-glass

speciesLegousia falcata

Legousia scabra

speciesLegousia scabra

Legousia snogerupii

speciesLegousia snogerupii

Legousia julianii

speciesLegousia julianii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57428.