Lecocarpus is a plant genus in the family Asteraceae, native to Galápagos Islands, part of Ecuador.Decaisne, Joseph. 1846. Voyage Autour du Monde sur la Frégate la Venus Pendant les Années 1836-1839. Botanique 19. t. 14Tropicos, Lecocarpus Decne.Adsersen H. 1980. Revision of the Galapágos endemic genus Lecocarpus (Asteraceae). Bot. Tidsskr. 75(1):63-76
Species Four species are accepted. Lecocarpus darwinii Adsersen Lecocarpus lecocarpoides (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Cronquist & Stuessy Lecocarpus leptolobus Lecocarpus pinnatifidus Decne.
References
External links
Charles Darwin Foundation Report on Species endangered of extinction (including Lecocarpus lecocarpoides, vulnerable in IUCN Redlist) in Galápagos