Legousia

Venus' looking glass
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Campanulaceae
Genus:	Legousia Durande, 1782
Species
7 species, see text

Legousia (Venus' looking glass) is a genus of flowering plants in the Campanulaceae (bellflower) family.

Species

Legousia species include:

• Legousia falcata (Ten.) Fritsch ex Janch. 1907
• Legousia hybrida (L.) Delarbre 1800
• Legousia julianii (Batt.) Briq. 1931
• Legousia pentagonia (L.) Thell. 1908
• Legousia scabra (Lowe) Gamisans 1985
• Legousia skvortsovii Proskur. 1980
• Legousia speculum-veneris (L.) Durande ex Vill. 1786

Synonyms

• Apenula Neck. – Elem. Bot. 1: 234 (1790).
• Legouzia Delarbre – Fl. Auvergne, ed. 2: 45 (1800).
• Specularia Heist. ex A.DC. – Monogr. Campan.: 344 (1830), nom. superfl.
• Pentagonia Möhring ex Kuntze – Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 381 (1891), nom. illeg.

References

• "Legousia Overview". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP).
• "Legousia Synonyms". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP).