Glebionis | |
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Glebionis coronaria | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Anthemideae |
Genus: | Glebionis Cass. |
Synonyms[1] | |
Xantophtalmum Schultz-Bipontinus |
Glebionis is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe and the Mediterranean region. The species were formerly treated in the genus Chrysanthemum, but a 1999 ruling of the International Botanical Congress has resulted in that genus being redefined to cover the species related to the economically important florist's chrysanthemum, thereby excluding the species now included in Glebionis.[citation needed]
Glebionis species have been hybridized with related Argyranthemum species to create cultivars of garden marguerites.[2]