Osteospermum calendulaceum

Osteospermum calendulaceum is a plant in the Asteraceae family.[1] It was first described in 1782 by Carl Linnaeus the Younger.[1][4] In 1832, Christian Friedrich Lessing assigned it to the genus Oligocarpus in his Synopsis Generum Compositarum.[1][2]

Osteospermum calendulaceum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Calenduleae
Genus: Osteospermum
Species:
O. calendulaceum
Binomial name
Osteospermum calendulaceum
Synonyms[3]
  • Calendula parviflora Thunb. (1800)
  • Oligocarpus calendulaceus Less. (1832)

In South Africa, it is native to the Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces, and Eswatini. It has been introduced into Hawaii, and Australia, where it is found in South Australia and Western Australia.[3][5] In Australia, it is an agricultural weed, and found mainly in arid areas on lagoon shores, and on plains.[5]

References
  1. "Oligocarpus calendulaceus". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. Chr. Fr. Lessing (1832), Synopsis Generum Compositarum (in Latin), unknown, p. 90, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.51470, Wikidata Q6136846
  3. "Osteospermum calendulaceum L.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  4. Linnaeus, C. [filius] (1782), Supplementum Plantarum, p. 386
  5. A. Ghafoor (2020). "Oligocarpus calendulaceus". Flora of Australia. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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