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]

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. 1 2 3 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


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