Cineraria

This article is about the South African genus Cineraria. For the related ornamental plant also so named, see florist's cineraria.
Cineraria
Cineraria geifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Cineraria
L.
Type species
C. geifolia
L.

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.

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 x hybrida).[3]

The uses for Cineraria include topical application for the treatment of cataracts.

Species[4][5][6][7][8]
  1. Cineraria abyssinica Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.
  2. Cineraria albicans N.E.Br.
  3. Cineraria alchemilloides DC.
  4. Cineraria anampoza (Baker) Baker
  5. Cineraria angulosa Lam.
  6. Cineraria aspera Thunb.
  7. Cineraria atriplicifolia DC.
  8. Cineraria austrotransvaalensis Cron
  9. Cineraria canescens J.C.Wendl. ex Link
  10. Cineraria cyanomontana Cron
  11. Cineraria decipiens Harv.
  12. Cineraria deltoidea Sond.
  13. Cineraria dryogeton Cron
  14. Cineraria erodioides DC.
  15. Cineraria erosa (Thunb.) Harv.
  16. Cineraria geifolia (L.) L.
  17. Cineraria geraniifolia DC.
  18. Cineraria glandulosa Cron
  19. Cineraria grandibracteata Hilliard
  20. Cineraria huilensis Cron
  21. Cineraria lobata L'Hér.
  22. Cineraria longipes S.Moore
  23. Cineraria lyratiformis Cron
  24. Cineraria lyrata DC.
  25. Cineraria magnicephala Cron
  26. Cineraria mazoensis S.Moore
  27. Cineraria mollis E.Mey. ex DC.
  28. Cineraria ngwenyensis Cron
  29. Cineraria parvifolia Burtt Davy
  30. Cineraria pinnata O.Hoffm. ex Schinz
  31. Cineraria platycarpa DC.
  32. Cineraria pulchra Cron
  33. Cineraria saxifraga DC.
  34. Cineraria vagans Hilliard
  35. Cineraria vallis-pacis Dinter ex Merxm.

References

  1. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1763. Species Plantarum, Editio Secunda 1242–1245 in Latin
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Cineraria L.
  3. ↑ "Index Nominum Genericorum database". International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Smithsonian Institution. 1951. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
  4. ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  5. ↑ "Cineraria L.". African Flowering Plant Database. 1850. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  6. ↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). "GRIN Species Records of Cineraria". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  7. ↑ Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). "Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Cineraria L.". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture,. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  8. ↑ Tropicos. "Othonna geifolia L.". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
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