''Pericallis'' is a small
genus
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of 15
species
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of
flowering plant
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s in the family
Asteraceae
Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...
, native to the
Canary Islands
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,
Madeira
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and
Azores
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. The genus includes
herbaceous
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials.
Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous"
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plants and small
subshrub
A subshrub (Latin ''suffrutex'') or undershrub is either a small shrub (e.g. prostrate shrubs) or a perennial that is largely herbaceous but slightly woody at the base (e.g. garden pink and florist's chrysanthemum). The term is often interch ...
s. In the past, the genus was often included in either ''
Cineraria
''Cineraria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native primarily to southern Africa with a few species further north. The genus includes herbaceous plants and small subshrubs.
In the past, the genus was commonly viewed in ...
'' or ''
Senecio
''Senecio'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes ragworts and groundsels.
Variously circumscribed taxonomically, the genus ''Senecio'' is one of the largest genera of flowering plants.
Description
Mo ...
''.
The florist's cineraria (
''Pericallis'' × ''hybrida'') is a
hybrid
Hybrid may refer to:
Science
* Hybrid (biology), an offspring resulting from cross-breeding
** Hybrid grape, grape varieties produced by cross-breeding two ''Vitis'' species
** Hybridity, the property of a hybrid plant which is a union of two diff ...
between ''P. cruenta'' and ''P. lanata''.
Species
Species include:
[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]
*''
Pericallis appendiculata''
(L.f.) B.Nord.
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Pericallis aurita''
(L'Hér.) B.Nord.
*''
Pericallis cruenta
''Pericallis cruenta'' (Synonym (taxonomy), syns. ''Senecio cruentus'' and ''Cineraria cruenta'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to La Gomera and Tenerife islands of the Canary Islands. It has a nonwoody growth f ...
''
(L'Hér.) Bolle
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Pericallis echinata''
(L.f.) B.Nord.
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Pericallis hadrosoma''
(Svent.) B.Nord.
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Pericallis hansenii''
(G.Kunkel) Sunding
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Pericallis lanata''
(L'Hér.) B.Nord.
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Pericallis malvifolia''
(L'Hér.) B.Nord.
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Pericallis menezesii''
R. Jardim, K. E. Jones, Carine & M. Seq.
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Pericallis multiflora''
(L'Hér.) B.Nord.
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Pericallis murrayi''
(Bornm.) B.Nord.
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Pericallis papyracea''
(DC.) B.Nord.
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Pericallis steetzii''
(Bolle) B.Nord.
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Pericallis tussilaginis''
(L'Hér.) D.Don
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Pericallis webbii''
(Sch. Bip.) Bolle
References
External links
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Asteraceae genera
Endemic flora of Macaronesia
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