Ursinia

Ursinia
Ursinia calenduliflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Anthemideae[1]
Genus:	Ursinia Gaertn.
Type species
Ursinia paradoxa (L.) Gaertn.
Synonyms[1]
Sphenogyne R.Br. Ursiniopsis E.Phillips Chronobasis DC. ex Benth. & Hook.f.

Ursinia is a genus of African plants in the chamomile tribe within the daisy family.^[2][3][4]

The genus is named in honor of German scholar Johannes Heinrich Ursinus 1608-1667.

Species^[1][5]

1. Ursinia abrotanifolia
2. Ursinia alpina
3. Ursinia anethoides
4. Ursinia anthemoides
5. Ursinia brachyloba
6. Ursinia cakilefolia
7. Ursinia caledonica
8. Ursinia calenduliflora
9. Ursinia chrysanthemoides
10. Ursinia coronopifolia
11. Ursinia dentata
12. Ursinia discolor
13. Ursinia dregeana
14. Ursinia eckloniana
15. Ursinia filipes
16. Ursinia foeniculacea
17. Ursinia frutescens
18. Ursinia heterodonta
19. Ursinia hispida
20. Ursinia macropoda
21. Ursinia merxmuelleri
22. Ursinia montana
23. Ursinia nana
24. Ursinia nudicaulis
25. Ursinia odorata
26. Ursinia oreogena
27. Ursinia paleacea
28. Ursinia paradoxa
29. Ursinia pilifera
30. Ursinia pinnata
31. Ursinia punctata
32. Ursinia pygmaea
33. Ursinia quinquepartita
34. Ursinia rigidula
35. Ursinia saxatilis
36. Ursinia scariosa
37. Ursinia sericea
38. Ursinia serrata
39. Ursinia speciosa
40. Ursinia subflosculosa
41. Ursinia tenuifolia
42. Ursinia tenuiloba
43. Ursinia trifida

References

1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
2. Gaertner, Joseph. 1791. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 2: 462-463 in Latin
3. Gaertner, Joseph. 1791. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 2: plate XLXXIV (174), figures 7A-7L line drawings of flowers and flower heads of Ursinia paradoxa
4. Tropicos, Ursinia Gaertn. includes photos of herbarium specimens of several species
5. The Plant List search for Ursinia