Arctotheca calendula

Arctotheca calendula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Vernonioideae
Tribus: Arctotideae
Subtribus: Arctotidinae
Genus: Arctotheca
Species: Arctotheca calendula

Name

Arctotheca calendula (L.) Levyns, Jour. S. Afr. Bot. 8: 284 (1942)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Arctotis calendula L., Sp. Pl. 2: 922 (1753).

• Homotypic
  • Arctotheca calendulacea (L.) K.Lewin, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 11: 49 (1922), nom. illeg.
  • Arctotis calendulacea L., Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 578 (1767), nom. illeg.
  • Cryptostemma calendula (L.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles 1913, 3: 416 (1914).
  • Cryptostemma calendulaceum (L.) R.Br. in Aiton, Hortus Kewensis ed. 2, 5: 141 (1813), nom. illeg.

• Heterotypic
  • Alloiozonium arctotideum Kunze, Index Seminum (Leipzig) 1843: 1, adnot. 1843; Linnaea 17: 572 (1844).
  • Arctotis hypochondriaca Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 3(3): 2348 (1803).
  • Arctotis runcinata (R.Br.) Hoffmanns., Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 40 (1824).
  • Arctotis speciosa Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 209 (1796).
  • Arctotis sulphurea Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 439 (1791).
  • Arctotis superba L., Cent. Pl. II. 32 (1756).
  • Arctotis tristis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 922 (1753).
  • Cryptostemma hypochondriacum (Willd.) R.Br., Hortus Kewensis ed. 2, 5: 141 (1813).
  • Cryptostemma runcinatum R.Br. in Aiton, Hortus Kewensis ed. 2. 5: 141 (1813).
  • Cryptostemma triste (L.) Domin, Mem. Soc. Sci. Boheme 1921-22 No. 2: 124 (1923).
  • Cynotis hypochondriaca Hoffmanns., Verz. Pfl.-Kult. Nachtr. 2: 98 (1826).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Prov.), Lesotho References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Levyns, M.R.B 1942. Journal of South African Botany (Kirstenbosch) 8: 284.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Arctotheca calendula. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Arctotheca calendula. Published online. Accessed: May 18 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Arctotheca calendula in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Soetgousblom
Cymraeg: Blodyn-trysor unlliw
Deutsch: Kaplöwenzahn
English: Cape Dandelion
suomi: Huopakultasilmä
日本語: ワタゲハナグルマ
português: Erva-gorda

For more multimedia, look at Arctotheca calendula on Wikimedia Commons.