Biology:Pericallis

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae

Pericallis
Pericallis cruenta1.jpg
Pericallis cruenta
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Pericallis
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Pericallis is a small genus of 15 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the Canary Islands, Madeira and Azores. The genus includes herbaceous plants and small subshrubs. In the past, the genus was often included in either Cineraria or Senecio.

The florist's cineraria (Pericallis × hybrida) is a hybrid between P. cruenta and P. lanata.[1]

Species

Species include:[2][3]

References

  1. "Pericallis x hybrida (Bosse) B.Nord.". Plants of the World Online. Royal botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1164364-2. 
  2. "Pericallis Webb & Berthel.". Catalogue of Life. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/?taxonKey=6L6R. 
  3. Jones, K. E., Reyes‐Betancort, J. A., Hiscock, S. J., & Carine, M. A. (2014). Allopatric diversification, multiple habitat shifts, and hybridization in the evolution of Pericallis (Asteraceae), a Macaronesian endemic genus. American journal of botany, 101(4), 637-651. https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3732/ajb.1300390

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2709984 entry