Cineraria Explained

Cineraria is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family,^{[1] [2]} native primarily to southern Africa with a few species farther north. The genus includes herbaceous plants and small subshrubs.

In the past, the genus was commonly viewed in a broader sense including a number of species from the Canary Islands and Madeira which are now transferred to the genus Pericallis, including the florist's cineraria (Pericallis × hybrida).^[3]

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepts the following species:^[4]

• Cineraria abyssinica Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.
• Cineraria albicans N.E.Br.
• Cineraria albomontana Hilliard
• Cineraria alchemilloides DC.
• Cineraria anampoza (Baker) Baker
• Cineraria arctotidea DC.
• Cineraria aspera Thunb.
• Cineraria atriplicifolia DC.
• Cineraria austrotransvaalensis Cron
• Cineraria britteniae Hutch. & R.A.Dyer
• Cineraria burkei Burtt Davy
• Cineraria canescens Wendl.Obs. ex Link
• Cineraria cyanomontana Cron
• Cineraria decipiens Harv.
• Cineraria deltoidea Sond.
• Cineraria densiflora R.E.Fr.
• Cineraria dieterlenii E.Phillips
• Cineraria dryogeton Cron
• Cineraria erodioides DC.
• Cineraria erosa Harv.
• Cineraria exilis DC.
• Cineraria geifolia (L.) L.
• Cineraria geraniifolia DC.
• Cineraria glandulosa Cron
• Cineraria grandibracteata Hilliard
• Cineraria huilensis Cron
• Cineraria humifusa L'Hér.
• Cineraria laxiflora R.E.Fr.
• Cineraria lobata L'Hér.
• Cineraria longipes S.Moore
• Cineraria lyratiformis Cron
• Cineraria magnicephala Cron
• Cineraria mazoensis S.Moore
• Cineraria microglossa DC.
• Cineraria mitellifolia L'Hér.
• Cineraria mollis E.Mey. ex DC.
• Cineraria ngwenyensis Cron
• Cineraria parvifolia Burtt Davy
• Cineraria pinnata O.Hoffm. ex Schinz
• Cineraria platycarpa DC.
• Cineraria polycephala DC.
• Cineraria pulchra Cron
• Cineraria saxifraga DC.
• Cineraria sebaldii Cufod.
• Cineraria tomentolanata Govaerts
• Cineraria vagans Hilliard
• Cineraria vallis-pacis Dinter ex Merxm.

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11834629#page/459/mode/1up Linnaeus, Carl von. 1763. Species Plantarum, Editio Secunda 1242–1245
2. Web site: Tropicos. www.tropicos.org. Jul 25, 2022.
3. Web site: Index Nominum Genericorum database . 2008-05-15 . 1951 . . Smithsonian Institution.
4. Web site: Cineraria L. . Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021-06-13 .