Pericallis

Pericallis
Pericallis cruenta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Senecioneae
Genus:	Pericallis D.Don

Pericallis is a small genus of 15 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the Canary Islands, Madeira and Azores. The genus includes herbaceous plants and small subshrubs. In the past, the genus was often included in either Cineraria or Senecio.

The florist's cineraria (Pericallis × hybrida) is a hybrid between P. cruenta and P. lanata.^[1]

Species

Species include:^[2][3]

• Pericallis appendiculata (L.f.) B.Nord.
• Pericallis aurita (L'Hér.) B.Nord.
• Pericallis cruenta (L'Hér.) Bolle
• Pericallis echinata (L.f.) B.Nord.
• Pericallis hadrosoma (Svent.) B.Nord.
• Pericallis hansenii (G.Kunkel) Sunding
• Pericallis lanata (L'Hér.) B.Nord.
• Pericallis malvifolia (L'Hér.) B.Nord.
• Pericallis menezesii R. Jardim, K. E. Jones, Carine & M. Seq.
• Pericallis multiflora (L'Hér.) B.Nord.
• Pericallis murrayi (Bornm.) B.Nord.
• Pericallis papyracea (DC.) B.Nord.
• Pericallis steetzii (Bolle) B.Nord.
• Pericallis tussilaginis (L'Hér.) D.Don
• Pericallis webbii (Sch. Bip.) Bolle

References

1. "Pericallis x hybrida (Bosse) B.Nord". Plants of the World Online. Royal botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
2. "Pericallis Webb & Berthel". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
3. Jones, K. E., Reyes‐Betancort, J. A., Hiscock, S. J., & Carine, M. A. (2014). Allopatric diversification, multiple habitat shifts, and hybridization in the evolution of Pericallis (Asteraceae), a Macaronesian endemic genus. American journal of botany, 101(4), 637-651. https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3732/ajb.1300390

External links

• Media related to Pericallis at Wikimedia Commons
• Theodore M. Barkley, "Pericallis D.Don in R. Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard., ser. 2. 3: plate 228. 1834", Flora of North America, vol. 20