Cineraria

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.

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 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

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
  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.
Wikisource has the text of the 1920 Encyclopedia Americana article Cineraria.
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Cineraria".


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