Delphinium
Sign in to saveDelphinium is a genus of about 300 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native throughout the Northern Hemisphere and also on the high mountains of tropical Africa. The genus was erected by Carl Linnaeus.
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Delphinium is a group of about 300 flowering plant species found across the Northern Hemisphere and in tropical African mountains, belonging to the buttercup family. These plants are notable as a diverse genus that includes both annual and perennial varieties and were formally named by the botanist Carl Linnaeus.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRanunculales
- FamilyRanunculaceae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Delphinieae
- Image
- Delphinium peregrinum.jpg
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- P105
- genus
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14 sectionsContents
- Habitat
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Delineation of ''Delphinium''
- Subgenera
- Selected species
- Reassigned species
- Ecology
- Cultivation
- Award of garden merit
- Toxicity
- Uses
- References
- External links
Delphinium is a genus of about 300 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native throughout the Northern Hemisphere and also on the high mountains of tropical Africa. The genus was erected by Carl Linnaeus.
All members of the genus Delphinium are toxic to humans and livestock. The common name larkspur is shared between perennial Delphinium species and annual species of the genus Consolida. Molecular data show that Consolida, as well as another segregate genus, Aconitella, are both embedded in Delphinium.