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