Cineraria

Summary

Cineraria is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family,[1][2] native primarily to southern Africa with a few species farther north. The genus includes herbaceous plants and small subshrubs.

Cineraria
Cineraria geifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Cineraria
L.
Type species
C. geifolia

In the past, the genus was commonly viewed in a broader sense including a number of species from the Canary Islands and Madeira which are now transferred to the genus Pericallis, including the florist's cineraria (Pericallis × hybrida).[3]

Species edit

As of June 2021, Plants of the World Online accepts the following species:[4]

  • Cineraria abyssinica Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.
  • Cineraria albicans N.E.Br.
  • Cineraria albomontana Hilliard
  • Cineraria alchemilloides DC.
  • Cineraria anampoza (Baker) Baker
  • Cineraria arctotidea DC.
  • Cineraria aspera Thunb.
  • Cineraria atriplicifolia DC.
  • Cineraria austrotransvaalensis Cron
  • Cineraria britteniae Hutch. & R.A.Dyer
  • Cineraria burkei Burtt Davy
  • Cineraria canescens Wendl.Obs. ex Link
  • Cineraria cyanomontana Cron
  • Cineraria decipiens Harv.
  • Cineraria deltoidea Sond.
  • Cineraria densiflora R.E.Fr.
  • Cineraria dieterlenii E.Phillips
  • Cineraria dryogeton Cron
  • Cineraria erodioides DC.
  • Cineraria erosa Harv.
  • Cineraria exilis DC.
  • Cineraria geifolia (L.) L.
  • Cineraria geraniifolia DC.
  • Cineraria glandulosa Cron
  • Cineraria grandibracteata Hilliard
  • Cineraria huilensis Cron
  • Cineraria humifusa L'Hér.
  • Cineraria laxiflora R.E.Fr.
  • Cineraria lobata L'Hér.
  • Cineraria longipes S.Moore
  • Cineraria lyratiformis Cron
  • Cineraria magnicephala Cron
  • Cineraria mazoensis S.Moore
  • Cineraria microglossa DC.
  • Cineraria mitellifolia L'Hér.
  • Cineraria mollis E.Mey. ex DC.
  • Cineraria ngwenyensis Cron
  • Cineraria parvifolia Burtt Davy
  • Cineraria pinnata O.Hoffm. ex Schinz
  • Cineraria platycarpa DC.
  • Cineraria polycephala DC.
  • Cineraria pulchra Cron
  • Cineraria saxifraga DC.
  • Cineraria sebaldii Cufod.
  • Cineraria tomentolanata Govaerts
  • Cineraria vagans Hilliard
  • Cineraria vallis-pacis Dinter ex Merxm.

References edit

  1. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1763. Species Plantarum, Editio Secunda 1242–1245 in Latin
  2. ^ "Tropicos". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved Jul 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "Index Nominum Genericorum database". International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Smithsonian Institution. 1951. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
  4. ^ "Cineraria L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2021-06-13.