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Genus:
Leucanthemum
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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> Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids >
Euasterid II > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe:
Anthemideae
There are about 33 species, native to Europe and North Africa.
Leucanthemum vulgare is a naturalised weed in southern Africa,
while four additional species are cultivated in the region.
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
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Leucanthemum maximum
(Max-chrysanthemum)
[= Chrysanthemum maximum]
Native to Spain and France.
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Leucanthemum paludosum
Native to Spain and Portugal.
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Leucanthemum vulgare (Ox-eye daisy)
[= Chrysanthemum leucanthemum]
Native to Europe.
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Leucanthemum x superbum
(Shasta daisy)
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