Argyranthemum

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Argyranthemum

Genus of flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae

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]

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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

Main article: Garden marguerite

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]

  • Daisy Marguerite -- Argyranthemum
  • Argyranthemum haematomma

References

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