Anthemis cretica

Anthemis cretica
Anthemis cretica subsp. cretica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Anthemis
Species:	A. cretica
Binomial name
Anthemis cretica L.
Synonyms [1]
List Anacyclus creticusL. Anthemis abrotanifolia subsp. panachaica(Halácsy) Govaerts Anthemis absinthifoliaBoiss. & Spruner Anthemis albidaBoiss. Anthemis alpinaGouan Anthemis alpinaMoric. ex Nyman Anthemis amasianaHausskn. & Bornm. Anthemis anacyclusJ.Gay ex Boiss. Anthemis anahytaeWoronow ex Fed. Anthemis anahytaeWoronow ex Sosn. Anthemis anatolicaBoiss. Anthemis anatolica f. discoidea(Boiss.) R.Fern. Anthemis argaeaBoiss. & Balansa Anthemis baumgartenianaSchur Anthemis blancheanaBoiss. Anthemis byzantinaK.Koch Anthemis calabrica(Arcang.) Brullo, Scelsi & Spamp. Anthemis candicansBoiss. Anthemis carpaticaWaldst. & Kit. ex Willd. Anthemis carpatica f. alibotusensis(Thin) Kuzmanov & Gussev Anthemis carpatica var. balcanica(Stoj. & Acht.) Thin Anthemis carpatica var. macedonica(Griseb.) Kuzmanov & Gussev Anthemis carpatica var. mariae(Sennen) R.Fern. Anthemis carpatica f. nigraThin Anthemis carpatica subsp. petraea(Ten.) R.Fernandes Anthemis carpatica f. puberulaThin Anthemis carpatica var. pumilaR.Fern. Anthemis carpatica var. styriaca(Vest) R.Fern. Anthemis cassiaBoiss. Anthemis chroniaNyman Anthemis chrysocephalaBoiss. & Reut. Anthemis cinereaPancic Anthemis collinaJord. Anthemis columnae(Ten.) Landolt Anthemis cretica var. hinkovae(Thin) Kuzmanov & Gussev Anthemis cretica var. macrocephala(Jeanb. & Timb.-Lagr.) O.Bolòs & Vigo Anthemis cretica var. mariae(Sennen) O.Bolòs & Vigo Anthemis cretica f. minorR.Fern. Anthemis cretica subsp. pontica(Willd.) Grierson Anthemis cretica subsp. subcinerea(Rouy) O.Bolòs & Vigo Anthemis cretica var. subcinerea(Rouy) O.Bolòs & Vigo Anthemis cretica var. subscaposa(Rouy) O.Bolòs & Vigo Anthemis croniaBoiss. & Heldr. Anthemis debilifoliaEig Anthemis divergensBoiss. Anthemis emiliaeSosn. Anthemis gerardianaJord. Anthemis gerardiana var. macrocephalaJeanb. & Timb.-Lagr. Anthemis grandifloraHost Anthemis graveolensSchur Anthemis hinkovaeThin Anthemis hirpinaTen. ex Guss. Anthemis ibericaM.Bieb. Anthemis kitaibeliiDC. Anthemis kuzmanoviiThin Anthemis kuzmanovii var. alibotusensisThin Anthemis kuzmanovii f. zlatogradensisThin Anthemis leucanthemoidesBoiss. Anthemis leucocephalaSchur Anthemis lindleyiNyman Anthemis messanensisBrullo Anthemis meteoricaHausskn. ex Nyman Anthemis michelianaGuss. Anthemis montanaL. Anthemis montanaSm. Anthemis montana subsp. alpina(L.) Pignatti Anthemis montana var. balcanica Anthemis montana var. calabricaArcang. Anthemis montana var. columnaeTen. Anthemis montana var. macedonicaGriseb. Anthemis montana var. subscaposa Anthemis mucronulataRchb. Anthemis numidicaBatt. Anthemis orientalis var. radiata Anthemis panachaicaHalácsy Anthemis pentelicaBoiss. ex Nyman Anthemis petraeaTen. Anthemis ponticaWilld. Anthemis ptarmiciformisK.Koch Anthemis punctataGuss. ex Nyman Anthemis pusillaGreuter Anthemis pyrethriformisSchur Anthemis pyrethrumGouan Anthemis reuterianaBoiss. Anthemis samiaRech.f. Anthemis saportanaAlbov Anthemis saxatilisBaumg. ex Schur Anthemis saxatilisDC. ex Willd. Anthemis saxatilis var. macrocephala(Jeanb. & Timb.-Lagr.) Benedí Anthemis siwasianaBornm. Anthemis smyrnaeaBoiss. Anthemis styriacaVest Anthemis subcinereaRouy Anthemis subscaposaRouy Anthemis tempskyanaFreyn & Sint. Anthemis tenuiloba(DC.) R.Fernandes Anthemis tenuilobaBoiss. Anthemis tenuiloba subsp. cronia(Boiss. & Heldr.) R.Fernandes Anthemis tenuiloba f. pentelica(Boiss.) R.Fern. Anthemis tenuiloba f. radiata(Stoj. & Acht.) R.Fern. Anthemis tenuiloba var. radiata(Stoj. & Acht.) Thin Anthemis tenuiloba var. ramiferaThin Anthemis umbilicataBoiss. & A.Huet Anthemis urvillaeiNyman Chamaemelum montanumAll. Chamaemelum orientaleSchult. ex Steud. Hiorthia orientalisLess. Lasiospermum anthemoidesG.Don ex Loudon Lasiospermum rigidumG.Don ex Loudon Lyonnetia abrotanifoliaLess. Lyonnetia alpina(L.) Sm. Lyonnetia montanaGriseb. ex Boiss. & Reut. Lyonnetia pusillaCass. Lyonnetia rigidaDC. Lyonnetia tenuilobaDC. Matricaria tempskyana(Freyn & Sint.) Rauschert Pyrethrum abrotanifoliumPourr. ex Willk. & Lange Pyrethrum nivaleAdams ex Spreng. Santolina alpinaL. Santolina erectaPers. Santolina rigidaSm.

Anthemis cretica, the Cretian mat daisy or white mat chamomile, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It or its many subspecies can be found around the Mediterranean region, the Black Sea area, Poland, the Caucasus, and the Middle East as far as Iran. ^{[2] [1]} It is highly morphologically variable, and the namesake of a species complex. ^[3]

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are accepted: ^[1]

• Anthemis cretica subsp. absinthifolia(Boiss.) Grierson – Turkey
• Anthemis cretica subsp. albida(Boiss.) Grierson – Turkey
• Anthemis cretica subsp. alpina(L.) R.Fernandes – central Apennines (Italy)
• Anthemis cretica subsp. anatolica(Boiss.) Grierson – east Aegean Islands (Greece), Turkey, East Thrace (European Turkey)
• Anthemis cretica subsp. argaea(Boiss. & Balansa) Grierson – Turkey
• Anthemis cretica subsp. calabrica(Arcang.) R.Fernandes – southern Italy
• Anthemis cretica subsp. candicans(Boiss.) Grierson – Turkey
• Anthemis cretica subsp. carpatica (Willd.) Grierson – Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, the former Yugoslavia
• Anthemis cretica subsp. cassia(Boiss.) Grierson – Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
• Anthemis cretica subsp. cinerea(Pancic) Oberpr. & Greuter – Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia
• Anthemis cretica subsp. columnae(Ten.) Franzén – Algeria, France, Italy, Sicily
• Anthemis cretica subsp. cretica – Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Romania, Turkey, East Thrace, the former Yugoslavia
• Anthemis cretica subsp. gerardiana(Jord.) Greuter – southeast France
• Anthemis cretica subsp. iberica(M.Bieb.) Grierson – North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Turkey
• Anthemis cretica subsp. leucanthemoides(Boiss.) Grierson – east Aegean Islands, Crete, Turkey
• Anthemis cretica subsp. messanensis(Brullo) Giardina & Raimondo – Sicily
• Anthemis cretica subsp. panachaica(Halácsy) Oberpr. & Greuter – Panachaiko mountains of southern Greece
• Anthemis cretica subsp. petraea(Ten.) Greuter – central Apennines
• Anthemis cretica subsp. pyrethriformis(Schur) Govaerts – southern Carpathians (Romania)
• Anthemis cretica subsp. saportana(Albov) Chandjian – Iran, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus
• Anthemis cretica subsp. saxatilis(DC.) R.Fernandes – France, Andorra, Spain, Italy
• Anthemis cretica subsp. tenuiloba(DC.) Grierson – Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, East Thrace, the former Yugoslavia
• Anthemis cretica subsp. umbilicata(Boiss. & A.Huet) Grierson – Iran, Turkey

References

1. "Anthemis cretica L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
2. "Anthemis cretica L." Canada's Plant Hardiness Site. Natural Resources Canada. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
3. Turland, Nicholas J. (2008). "Anthemis samariensis (Asteraceae, Anthemideae), a new species from the mountains of W Kriti (Greece)". Willdenowia. 38: 61. doi: 10.3372/wi.38.38103 .