Arctotis stoechadifolia

Arctotis stoechadifolia, the African daisy[2] or white arctotis,[3] is a rare species of South African plants in the daisy family. It is a rare plant found only in sand dunes along the west coast of Cape Province.[4]

Arctotis stoechadifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Arctotis
Species:
A. stoechadifolia
Binomial name
Arctotis stoechadifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Anemonospermos stoechadifolia Kuntze
  • Arctotis grandis (A.Berger) Thunb.
  • Arctotis rosea Less.
  • Arctotis rosea Jacq.

The species is sometimes regarded as the same species as the much more common and widely cultivated A. venusta, but authors separate the two as distinct species.[5][6]

References
  1. The Plant List Arctotis stoechadifolia P.J.Bergius
  2. "Arctotis stoechadifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  3. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. Norlindh, Nils Tycho 1965. Botaniska Notiser 118(4): 406–411
  5. Flora of North America Arctotis stoechadifolia
  6. Calflora taxon report, Arctotis venusta Norl., Blue-eyed african daisy
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