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Ipomopsis
Standing cypress (Ipomopsis rubra)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Polemoniaceae
Genus:	Ipomopsis Michx. (1803)
Species
29; see text
Synonyms
Batanthes Raf. (1832) Callisteris Greene (1905) Ipomeria Nutt. (1818)

Ipomopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the phlox family, Polemoniaceae. The annual and perennial herbs it contains are native to the Americas, particularly North America.

Species

29 species are accepted. They include:

• Ipomopsis aggregata (Pursh) V.E.Grant - Scarlet gilia
• Ipomopsis arizonica (Greene) Wherry - Arizona firecracker (Mojave Desert)
• Ipomopsis congesta (Hook.) V.E.Grant - Ballhead ipomopsis (Western North America)
• Ipomopsis effusa (A.Gray) Moran - Baja California ipomopsis
• Ipomopsis globularis (Brand) W.A.Weber - Hoosier Pass ipomopsis
• Ipomopsis gunnisonii (Torr. & A.Gray) V.E.Grant - Sand Dune ipomopsis
• Ipomopsis guttata (A.Gray) Moran
• Ipomopsis laxiflora (J.M.Coult.) V.E.Grant - Iron ipomopsis
• Ipomopsis longiflora (Torr.) V.E.Grant - Flaxflowered ipomopsis
• Ipomopsis macombii (Torr. ex A.Gray) V.E.Grant - Macomb's ipomopsis
• Ipomopsis macrosiphon (Kearney & Peebles) V.E.Grant & Wilken - Longtube ipomopsis
• Ipomopsis monticola J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson
• Ipomopsis multiflora (Nutt.) V.E.Grant - Manyflower ipomopsis
• Ipomopsis pinnata (Cav.) V.E.Grant - San Luis Mountains ipomopsis
• Ipomopsis polyantha (Rydb.) V.E.Grant - Pagosa ipomopsis
• Ipomopsis polycladon (Torr.) V.E.Grant - Manybranched ipomopsis (Western United States, Northern Mexico)
• Ipomopsis pringlei (A.Gray) Henrickson
• Ipomopsis pumila Ipomopsis pringlei (A.Gray) Henrickson - Dwarf ipomopsis
• Ipomopsis ramosa Al Schneid. & Bregar
• Ipomopsis roseata (Rydb.) V.E.Grant - Rosy ipomopsis
• Ipomopsis rubra (L.) Wherry - Standing cypress
• Ipomopsis sancti-spiritus Wilken & R.A.Fletcher - Holy Ghost ipomopsis
• Ipomopsis spicata (Nutt.) V.E.Grant - Spiked ipomopsis
• Ipomopsis tenuifolia (A.Gray) V.E.Grant - Slenderleaf skyrocket (Baja California, Southern Arizona, Southern California)
• Ipomopsis tenuituba (Rydb.) V.E.Grant - Slendertube skyrocket (Western United States)
• Ipomopsis thuberi (A.Gray) V.E.Grant - El Paso skyrocket
• Ipomopsis wendtii Henrickson
• Ipomopsis wrightii (A.Gray) Shinners - Leafy skyrocket

Formerly placed here

• Dayia havardii (A.Gray) J.M.Porter - Havard's ipomopsis (as Ipomopsis havardii (A.Gray) V.E.Grant)
• Microgilia minutiflora (Benth.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - Littleflower ipomopsis (as Ipomopsis minutiflora (Benth.) V.E.Grant)

References

• Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN): Ipomopsis^{[link removed]}
• Jepson Flora Project: Ipomopsis