Interesting Facts
Description
Family Compositae
The largest family of flowering plants , the Compositae (Asteraceae), comprising about 1,100 genera and more than 20,000 species and characterized by many small flowers arranged in a head looking like a single flower and subtended by an involucre of bracts. A head may consist of both ray flowers and disk flowers, as in the sunflower, of disk flowers only, as in the burdock, or of ray flowers only, as in the dandelion.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Asterales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Compositae
()
- Giseke, 1792, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Asteroideae
()
- Tribe:
Anthemideae
()
- Subtribe:
Tanacetinae
()
- Genus:
Pyrethrum
()
- Specific epithet:
tatsienense
- (Bureau & Franch.) Ling ex C.Shih
- Botanical name: - Pyrethrum tatsienense (Bureau & Franch.) Ling ex C.Shih
- Specific epithet:
tatsienense
- (Bureau & Franch.) Ling ex C.Shih
- Genus:
Pyrethrum
(
- Subtribe:
Tanacetinae
(
- Tribe:
Anthemideae
(
- Subfamily:
Asteroideae
(
- Family:
Compositae
(
- Order:
Asterales
(
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Chrysanthemum tatsienense Bureau & Franch. • Tanacetum Tatsienense
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Data Providers: Govaerts World Compositae Checklist
A-G,
IPNI, Flora
of China Checklist, Tropicos. GCC LSID: urn
:lsid:compositae.org:names:ED244C0B-5DBF-4520-BCE1-9DD1938BB870
Last scrutiny: 01-Nov-09
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pyrethrum
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
P. coccineum (Pyrethum Daisy) · P. frutescens (Marguerite Daisy) · P. indicum (Mother's Daisy) · P. leucanthemum (Common White Daisy) · P. parthenium (Feverfew) · P. segetum (Corn Marigold) · P. vulgare (Golden Buttons)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 16, 2008:
- Harvard University Herbaria, Harvard University Herbaria
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8848761
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ast-2152
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:240970-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2095455
