Arctotis stoechadifolia

Arctotis stoechadifolia, the African daisy[2] or white arctotis,[3] is a rare species of South African plants in the family Asteraceae. It is a rare plant found only in sand dunes along the west coast of Cape Province.[4]

Arctotis stoechadifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Arctotis
Species:
A. stoechadifolia
Binomial name
Arctotis stoechadifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Anemonospermos stoechadifolia Kuntze
  • Arctotis grandis (A.Berger) Thunb.
  • Arctotis rosea Less.
  • Arctotis rosea Jacq.

The species is sometimes regarded as the same species as the much more common and widely cultivated A. venusta, but authors separate the two as distinct species.[5][6]

References
  1. The Plant List Arctotis stoechadifolia P.J.Bergius
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Arctotis stoechadifolia". 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. Norlindh, Nils Tycho 1965. Botaniska Notiser 118(4): 406–411
  5. "Arctotis stoechadifolia in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  6. "Arctotis venusta Calflora". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 2022-05-03.


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