Asteraceae

Bellis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 886 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Macaronesia, N. Africa, Europe to Central Asia and W. Himalaya.

Descriptions

Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae.Kew Publishing

Morphology General Habit
Annual or perennial herbs, rosulate or with alternate, spatulate to oblanceolate leaves
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula heterogamous, radiate, scapose; involucre ± hemispherical; phyllaries 1–2-seriate; receptacle conical, naked
Ray
Ray florets uniseriate, female, limbs white to pinkish, conspicuous; disc florets hermaphrodite, corollas tubular, yellow, 5-lobed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes obovate, compressed with a thickened marginal rib, ± pubescent; pappus absent.
Distribution
About 8 species in the northern temperate regions.
Etymology
Bellis (from the name of a plant in Pliny believed to be of this genus).
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Sources

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0