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Bellis

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Also known as lawn daisy, lawn daisies

Bellis () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

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Bellis is a genus within the family Asteraceae, classified under the order Asterales and class Magnoliopsida. It belongs to the phylum Tracheophyta and kingdom Plantae. The scientific name is Bellis L., and it is commonly known as the daisy or lawn daisy. The taxon status is accepted.

Records for this genus are held by institutions including YPM, RSA, ANSP, CHAS, and HEND. Occurrence data has been documented in the United States, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, and France. The genus has 1,037,212 occurrences recorded in GBIF and 154,340 observations on iNaturalist.

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Species

Daisy

Bellis

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderAsterales
  5. FamilyAsteraceae
Observations154,340
Observations recorded1,037,212

General: Bellis (from the name of a plant in Pliny believed

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
338
With media
308
Family
Asteraceae
Collections
YPM, RSA, ANSP, CHAS, HEND, NY
Recorded in
United States, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, France, Spain, Morocco

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Astereae
Image
2014-03-10 12-32-15 Bellis-perennis.jpg
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taxon common name
雏菊属
Commons category
Bellis
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genus
taxon name
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topic's main category
Category:Bellis
Commons gallery
Bellis
has fruit type
achene
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Species
  • Possible infrageneric groups
  • References
  • External links

Bellis () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

The group is native to Europe, the Mediterranean and northern Africa. One species has been introduced into North America and others into other parts of the world. The genus includes the familiar common daisy Bellis perennis.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bellis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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