Osteospermum calendulaceum

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Osteospermum calendulaceum
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Calenduleae
Genus: Osteospermum
Species:
O. calendulaceum
Binomial name
Osteospermum calendulaceum
Synonyms [3]
  • Calendula parvifloraThunb. (1800)
  • Oligocarpus calendulaceusLess. (1832)

Osteospermum calendulaceum is a plant in the Asteraceae family. [1] It was first described in 1782 by Carl Linnaeus the Younger. [1] [4] In 1832, Christian Friedrich Lessing assigned it to the genus Oligocarpus in his Synopsis Generum Compositarum. [1] [2]

In South Africa, it is native to the Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces, and Eswatini. It has been introduced into Hawaii, and Australia, where it is found in South Australia and Western Australia. [3] [5] In Australia, it is an agricultural weed, and found mainly in arid areas on lagoon shores, and on plains. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Oligocarpus calendulaceus". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. 1 2 Chr. Fr. Lessing (1832), Synopsis Generum Compositarum (in Latin), unknown, p. 90, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.51470, Wikidata   Q6136846
  3. 1 2 "Osteospermum calendulaceum L.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  4. Linnaeus, C. [filius] (1782), Supplementum Plantarum, p. 386
  5. 1 2 A. Ghafoor (2020). "Oligocarpus calendulaceus". Flora of Australia. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 12 November 2021.