Buphthalmum

Buphthalmum
Buphthalmum salicifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Inuleae
Genus: Buphthalmum
L. 1753 not Mill. 1754[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Buphtalmum, spelling variant
  • Bustia Adans.
  • Asteroides Mill.
  • Xerolekia Anderb.

Buphthalmum is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.[3] There are 2[4] or 3[5] species. They are native to Europe, and B. salicifolium is in cultivation and has been introduced elsewhere.[6][5]

These are perennial herbs with alternately arranged leaves. The inflorescence is a solitary flower head atop the stem. The head has very narrow phyllaries, yellow ray florets and yellow disc florets. The fruit is a cypsela usually tipped with a pappus of scales; those growing from the ray florets may lack pappi.[5]

Acceted Species[2]
  1. Buphthalmum inuloides - Sardinia
  2. Buphthalmum salicifolium - western, central, + southern Europe; introduced in China, southeast Asia

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, search for Buphthalmum
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 903 in Latin
  4. ↑ Buphthalmum. The Plant List.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Buphthalmum. Flora of China.
  6. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Buphthalmum includes photos ad European distribution maps