Senecio
Sign in to saveSenecio is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes groundsels and some ragworts. Variously circumscribed taxonomically, the genus Senecio is one of the largest genera of flowering plants. Plants of the World Online currently accepts 1482 species.
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Senecio is a huge group of flowering plants in the daisy family, containing over 1,400 species of plants commonly known as groundsels and ragworts. It ranks among the largest plant genera in the world, though scientists continue to debate exactly which species belong in it.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Senecioneae
- Image
- Illustration Senecio vulgaris0.jpg
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- P105
- genus
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Description
- Morphology
- Chemistry
- Taxonomy
- Phylogeny
- Etymology
- Selected species
- Distribution
- References
- External links
Senecio is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes groundsels and some ragworts. Variously circumscribed taxonomically, the genus Senecio is one of the largest genera of flowering plants. Plants of the World Online currently accepts 1482 species.
==Description==