Pericallis

Pericallis is a small genus of 14 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the Canary Islands, Madeira and Azores. The genus includes herbaceous plants and small subshrubs. In the past, the genus was often included in either Cineraria or Senecio.

Pericallis
Pericallis cruenta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Pericallis
D.Don

The florist's cineraria (Pericallis × hybrida) is a hybrid between P. cruenta and P. lanata.

Species

Species include:[1]

  • Pericallis appendiculata (L.f.) B.Nord.
  • Pericallis cruenta (L'Hér.) Bolle
  • Pericallis echinata (L.f.) B.Nord.
  • Pericallis hadrosoma (Svent.) B.Nord.
  • Pericallis hansenii (G.Kunkel) Sunding
  • Pericallis lanata (L'Hér.) B.Nord.
  • Pericallis multiflora (L'Hér.) B.Nord.
  • Pericallis murrayi (Bornm.) B.Nord.
  • Pericallis papyracea (DC.) B.Nord.
  • Pericallis steetzii (Bolle) B.Nord.
  • Pericallis tussilaginis (L'Hér.) D.Don
  • Pericallis webbii
  • Pericallis aurita (Madeira) (L'Hér.) B.Nord.
  • Pericallis malvifolia (Azores) (L'Hér.) B.Nord.

References
  1. 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
  • Theodore M. Barkley, "Pericallis D.Don in R. Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard., ser. 2. 3: plate 228. 1834", Flora of North America, 20


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