Senecio thapsoides

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Senecio thapsoides
Senecio thapsoides ssp. visianianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Senecio
Species:
S. thapsoides
Binomial name
Senecio thapsoides

Senecio thapsoides DC. is a plant in the aster family (Asteraceae). The species was formerly placed in subgenus Cineraria and is sometimes found as Cineraria thapsoides. Cineraria however is now almost entirely limited to Southern Africa. The species was first named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1838. It is recognized in Flora europaea with two subspecies: thapsoides and S. t. visianianus.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tutin, T.G. & Heywood, V.H. (1976). Flora europaea 4: 194