Arnoseris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
Tribe: | Cichorieae |
Subtribe: | Cichoriinae |
Genus: | Arnoseris Gaertn. |
Species: | A. minima |
Binomial name | |
Arnoseris minima (L.) Schweigg. & Korte | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Arnoseris is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [2] [3] [4]
The only known species is Arnoseris minima, native to Europe, Morocco, and the Middle East; naturalized in parts of northeastern North America (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan). [5] [6] Common names in the United States: dwarf nipplewort or lamb-succory. [7] Common names in the British Isles: lamb's succory. [8]
It has a maximum height of 30 cm, is herbaceous and does not spread vegetatively. [9]
The species became extinct across the British Isles in 1971. [10] There was an attempt to reintroduce the species, and there has been one recent sighting in England. [11]
Arnoseris minima is an annual weed of cornfields and fallow fields, favouring infertile, sandy, acidic soils. [12]
The word 'succory' is an anglicization of the French 'cichorie' (chicory). The 'lamb' in the name denotes that it is a chicory only suitable for animal consumption. [13] The genus Arnoseris comes from the Ancient Greek 'arnos seris' meaning 'sheep's endive'. The species epithet minima means 'small'. [14]
Arnoseris minima is a source of the simple coumarin aesculetin and the flavonoids luteolin, luteolin 7-O-β-D-glucoside, luteolin 4'-O-β-D-glucoside, and 3-O-methylquercetin. [15]
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Joseph Gaertner was a German botanist, best known for his work on seeds, De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1788-1792).
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