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Osteospermum
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Osteospermum , is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Calenduleae, one of the smaller tribes of the sunflower/daisy family Asteraceae. They are known as the daisybushes or African daisies. Its species have been given several common names, including African daisy, South African daisy, Cape daisy and blue-eyed daisy. The name Cape daisy is also applied to Dimorphotheca pluvialis.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Die Kapkörbchen (Osteospermum), auch Kapmargeriten oder Paternosterstrauch genannt, sind eine Pflanzengattung in der Familie der Korbblütler (Asteraceae). Ebenfalls als Kapkörbchen bezeichnet werden die Arten der verwandten Gattung der Kapringelblumen (Dimorphotheca).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 135
- With media
- 114
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- US, ASU, SD, MEL, RSA, DBG
- Recorded in
- United States, South Africa, Kenya, Australia, Tanzania, United Kingdom
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Calenduleae
- Image
- African daisy (Osteospermum sp. 'Pink Whirls').jpg
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- genus
- taxon name
- Osteospermum
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- Osteospermum
- topic's main category
- Category:Osteospermum
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- Osteospermum
- taxon common name
- 骨子菊属
- has fruit type
- achene
- fruit color
- blue
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Species
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- Distribution
- Cultivation
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Osteospermum , is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Calenduleae, one of the smaller tribes of the sunflower/daisy family Asteraceae. They are known as the daisybushes or African daisies. Its species have been given several common names, including African daisy, South African daisy, Cape daisy and blue-eyed daisy. The name Cape daisy is also applied to Dimorphotheca pluvialis.
In horticulture, several widely cultivated species continue to be sold, grown and referred to as Osteospermum, however some of these species have been scientifically reclassified as being members of the genus Dimorphotheca, including Dimorphotheca barberae (synonym Osteospermum barberae); Dimorphotheca ecklonis (synonym Osteospermum ecklonis), Dimorphotheca fruticosa (synonym Osteospermum fruticosum); and Dimorphotheca jucunda (synonym Osteospermum jucundum).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Osteospermum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.