Pyrethrum parthenium

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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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

Synonyms

Chrysanthemum Parthenium • Chrysanthemum parthenium (L.) Bernh. • Chrysanthemum parthenium (L.) Pers. • Matricaria parthenium L.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Data Providers: African Flowering Plants Database , Flora Malesiana, IPNI, MesoAmericana, Flora of China Checklist , Tropicos, Euro+Med. GCC LSID: urn :lsid:compositae.org:names:41EF8E33-0BA7-4E5D-AB5E-794D0C9FF61A

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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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:

• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9188419
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ast-2157
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:89413-3
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2073798

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