Género compuesto por cerca de 400 especies distribuidas en zonas templadas, especialmente en los Andes. En Chile se encuentra representado por 67 especies de las cuales 51 son endémicas:

V. acanthiphylla	V. aizoon	V. angustifolia	V. araucaniae
V. asterias	V. atropurpurea	V. aurantiaca	V. aurata
V. auricula	V. bicolor	V. brachypetala	V. bustillosia
V. calderensis	V. canobarbata	V. capillaris	V. commersonii
V. corralensis	V. cotyledon	V. curicoensis	V. cyathiformis
V. decipiens	V. domeykoana	V. escarapela	V. fluehmannii
V. friderici	V. frigida	V. germainii	V. glacialis
V. glechomoides	V. godoyae	V. granulosa	V. huesoensis
V. huidborii	V. johnstonii	V. lanifera	V. leyboldiana
V. llullaillacoensis	V. maculata	V. magellanica	V. minutiflora
V. montagnei	V. muscoides	V. nubigena	V. ovalleana
V. philippii	V. polypoda	V. portalesia	V. portulacea
V. pulvinata	V. pusilla	V. reichei	V. rhombifolia
V. rosulata	V. rubella	V. rudolphii	V. rugosa
V. sacculus	V. santiagoensis	V. sempervivum	V. skottsbergiana
V. subandina	V. taltalensis	V. toroensis	V. tridentata
V. vallenariensis	V. vulcanica	V. werdermannii

LITERATURA

MABBERLEY, D. 1997. The Plant-Book. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 858p.

MARTICORENA, C. 1990. Contribución a la estadística de la flora vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 47(3-4):85-113.