Argyranthemum

Argyranthemum
Argyranthemum
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Anthemideae
Genus: Argyranthemum
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Type species
Argyranthemum jacobaeifolium Webb
Species

Argyranthemum foeniculum
Argyranthemum frutescens
Argyranthemum madarense
Argyranthemum vera
Argyranthemum x hybrida

Argyranthemum (the dill daisies) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. Members of this genus are sometimes also placed in the genus Chrysanthemum.

The genus is endemic to Macaronesia, occurring only on the Canary Islands, the Savage Islands, and Madeira.[1]

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

References

  1. ^ Bramwell, D and Bramwell, Z (2001) Wild flowers of the Canary Islands. Editorial Rueda SL, Madrid, Spain ISBN 84-7207-129-4, 2nd edition.