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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Calendula

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid II > Order: Asterales > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe: Calenduleae

One species naturalised in southern Africa and two species cultivated.

Species natualised in southern Africa

List from Plants of southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI).

Other species, cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Calendula maroccana

Native to north-western Africa.

 

Calendula officinalis (Common marigold, Pot marigold)