Arctotheca calendula

Arctotheca calendula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Arctotheca
Species:
A. calendula
Binomial name
Arctotheca calendula
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Alloiozonium arctotideum Kunze
  • Arctotheca calendulacea (L.) K.Lewin
  • Arctotheca calendulaceum K.Lewin
  • Arctotis calendula L.
  • Arctotis calendulacea L.
  • Arctotis hypochondriaca Willd.
  • Arctotis speciosa Salisb.
  • Arctotis sulphurea Gaertn.
  • Arctotis superba L.
  • Arctotis tristis L.
  • Cryptostemma calendula (L.) Druce
  • Cryptostemma calendulaceum (L.) R.Br.
  • Cryptostemma hypochondriacum R.Br.
  • Cryptostemma runcinatum R.Br.
  • Cryptostemma triste (L.) Domin
  • Cynotis hypochondriaca Hoffmanns

Arctotheca calendula is a plant in the sunflower family commonly known as capeweed,[2] plain treasureflower,[3] cape dandelion, or cape marigold because it occurs in the Western Cape Province in South Africa.[4][5] It has a wide distribution in coastal areas of South Africa, extending from Namaqualand to Cape Point and as far as KwaZulu-Natal.[6]

  1. ^ The Plant List Arctotheca calendula (L.) Levyns
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Arctotheca calendula​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  3. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. ^ Levyns, Margaret Rutherford Bryan 1942. Journal of South African Botany 8(4): 284
  5. ^ "Tropicos | Name - Arctotheca calendula (L.) Levyns". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  6. ^ "Arctotheca calendula | PlantZAfrica". pza.sanbi.org. Retrieved October 1, 2019.