Argyranthemum

Argyranthemum
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae;
(unranked):	Angiosperms;
(unranked):	Eudicots;
(unranked):	Asterids;
Order:	Asterales;
Family:	Asteraceae;
Tribe:	Anthemideae;
Genus:	Argyranthemum; Webb
Type species
	Argyranthemum jacobaeifolium Webb;
Species
	Argyranthemum foeniculum; Argyranthemum frutescens; Argyranthemum madarense; Argyranthemum vera; Argyranthemum x hybrida;

Argyranthemum (the dill daisies) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. Members of this genus are sometimes also placed in the genus Chrysanthemum. The genus is endemic to Macaronesia, occurring only on the Canary Islands and Madeira.^[1]

Argyranthemum frutescens is recorded as a food plant of the leaf-mining larva of the moth Bucculatrix chrysanthemella.

[edit] References

^ Bramwell, D and Bramwell, Z (2001) Wild flowers of the Canary Islands. Editorial Rueda SL, Madrid, Spain ISBN 84 7207 129 4, 2nd edition.

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