Senecio
Genus of flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a plant. For a painting by Paul Klee, see Senecio (Klee).
Senecio /sɪˈniːʃi.oʊ/[2] is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes ragworts and groundsels.
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Senecio | |
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Senecio vulgaris, an illustration from 1885 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Senecioneae |
Genus: | Senecio L. |
Type species | |
Senecio vulgaris | |
Species | |
Some 1,250; see text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Dendrosenecio |
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Variously circumscribed taxonomically, the genus Senecio is one of the largest genera of flowering plants.