Argyranthemum

Argyranthemum (marguerite, marguerite daisy, dill daisy) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. Members of this genus are sometimes also placed in the genus Chrysanthemum.[2][3]

Argyranthemum
Argyranthemum frutescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subtribe: Glebionidinae
Genus: Argyranthemum
Webb ex Sch.Bip.
Type species
Argyranthemum jacobaeifolium
Webb
Synonyms[1]
  • Scyphopappus B.Nord.
  • Chrysanthemum sect. Argyranthemum (Webb. ex Sch.Bip.) Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Chrysanthemum sect. Magarsa DC.
  • Chrysanthemum subg. Argyranthemum Harling
  • Monoptera Sch.Bip.
  • Preauxia Sch.Bip.
  • Stigmatotheca Sch.Bip.

The genus is endemic to Macaronesia, occurring only on the Canary Islands, the Savage Islands, and Madeira.[4]

Argyranthemum frutescens is recorded as a food plant of the leaf-mining larva of the moth Bucculatrix chrysanthemella.

Species

As of February 2020, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[5]

  • Argyranthemum adauctum (Link) Humphries
  • Argyranthemum broussonetii (Pers.) Humphries
  • Argyranthemum callichrysum (Svent.) Humphries
  • Argyranthemum coronopifolium (Willd.) Webb
  • Argyranthemum dissectum (Lowe) Lowe
  • Argyranthemum escarrei (Svent.) Humphries
  • Argyranthemum filifolium (Sch.Bip.) Humphries
  • Argyranthemum foeniculaceum (Willd.) Webb ex Sch.Bip.
  • Argyranthemum frutescens (L.) Sch.Bip.
  • Argyranthemum gracile Sch.Bip.
  • Argyranthemum haematomma Lowe
  • Argyranthemum haouarytheum Humphries & Bramwell
  • Argyranthemum hierrense Humphries
  • Argyranthemum lemsii Humphries
  • Argyranthemum lidii Humphries
  • Argyranthemum maderense (D.Don) Humphries
  • Argyranthemum pinnatifidum (L.f.) Webb
  • Argyranthemum sundingii L.Borgen
  • Argyranthemum sventenii Humphries & Aldridge
  • Argyranthemum tenerifae Humphries
  • Argyranthemum thalassophilum (Svent.) Humphries
  • Argyranthemum webbii Sch.Bip.
  • Argyranthemum winteri (Svent.) Humphries

Cultivation

Hybrids of Argyranthemum species, some involving species in related genera, are widely sold as ornamental plants for summer bedding or containers. These cultivars produce prolific single or double-flowered daisy-like flowers in shades of white, pink, yellow and purple throughout summer.[6] In the UK climate, they are generally half-hardy, and can be grown from seed or cuttings, or purchased as young plants to be planted out after all danger of frost has passed.[7]

References

  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Webb, Philip Barker ex Schultz, Carl Heinrich Bipontinus. 1844. Histoire Naturelle des Îles Canaries 3(2.2): 245, 258–259
  3. Tropicos, Argyranthemum Webb ex Sch. Bip.
  4. Bramwell, D and Bramwell, Z (2001) Wild flowers of the Canary Islands. Editorial Rueda SL, Madrid, Spain ISBN 84-7207-129-4, 2nd edition.
  5. "Argyranthemum Webb", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-02-23
  6. Flores, Anita; Shaw, Julian & Watson, John (2018), "Unpicking a daisy chain", The Plantsman, New Series, 17 (4): 238–243
  7. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
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