Osteospermum

Coined by Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1737; standardized in 1753.

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – African daisies or African daisy bushes, also called boneseeds.

• Classification of species within tribe Calenduleae, especially within Osteospermum and sister genus Dimorphotheca, has been particularly unstable since 1994.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae – family; Asteroideae – subfamily; Calenduleae –tribe

• (genus):
  • (sections): Osteospermum sect. Acerosae (= genus Gibbaria), Osteospermum sect. Calendula (= genus Calendula), Osteospermum sect. Confusae (= genus Norlindhia), Osteospermum sect. Efenestratae (= genus Inuloides), Osteospermum sect. Homocarpae (= genus Chrysanthemoides), Osteospermum sect. Nephrotheca (= genus Nephrotheca), Osteospermum sect. Polygalina (= genus Polygalina), Osteospermum sect. Trifenestratae (= genus Tripteris), Osteospermum sect. Unifenestratae (= genus Monoculus), Osteospermum sect. Xenismia (= genus Oligocarpus)
    • (species): Osteospermum spinosum – type species; Osteospermum ilicifolium (jolly boneseed), Osteospermum incanum (grey bietou), Osteospermum junceum, Osteospermum moniliferum (bietou), Osteospermum monstrosum (one-eyed monster), Osteospermum muricatum (buchu boneseed), Osteospermum polygaloides (common boneseed), Osteospermum scariosum, Osteospermum sinuatum, Osteospermum tomentosum (woolly boneseed) – selected other species; for all currently accepted species, see Osteospermum at Plants of the World Online.

• Osteospermum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Osteospermum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Osteospermum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons