Leptosiphon

Leptosiphon
Leptosiphon aureus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Leptosiphon
Benth. (1833)
Species

32; see text

Synonyms
  • Dactylophyllum Spach (1840)
  • Linanthastrum Ewan (1942)
  • Siphonella A.Heller (1912), nom. illeg.

Leptosiphon is a genus of flowering plants in the Polemoniaceae family. Many included species were formerly classified as members of the genus Linanthus. Some species of this genus are grown as ornamental plants.