{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |image_caption = |taxon = Basistemon |authority = Turcz. (1863) |synonyms = *''Desdemona'' {{small|S.Moore (1895)}} *''Hassleropsis'' {{small|Chodat (1904)}} *''Saccanthus'' {{small|Herzog (1916)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name="POWO"/> }}
'''''Basistemon''''' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=''Basistemon'' Turcz. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37451-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=15 May 2024|language=en}}</ref> It includes eight species native to South America, ranging from Colombia and Venezuela to northern Argentina.<ref name="POWO"/>
==Species== Eight species are accepted.<ref name="POWO" /> *''Basistemon argutus'' {{small|Barringer}} *''Basistemon bogotensis'' {{small|Turcz.}} *''Basistemon intermedius'' {{small|Edwin}} *''Basistemon klugii'' {{small|Barringer}} *''Basistemon peruvianus'' {{small|Benth. & Hook.f.}} *''Basistemon pulchellus'' {{small|(S.Moore) Barringer}} *''Basistemon silvaticus'' {{small|(Herzog) Baehni & J.F.Macbr.}} *''Basistemon spinosus'' {{small|(Chodat) Moldenke}}
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Category:Plantaginaceae Category:Plantaginaceae genera Category:Flora of Southern America Category:Taxa named by Nikolai Turczaninow