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Bellium

Bellium is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region.SpeciesBellium bellidioides L. – Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia Bellium crassifolium Moris – Sardinia Bellium minutum (L.) L. – Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Malta, Sicily Bellium nivale Req. – Corsica

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Bellium
Bellium bellidioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Bellidinae
Genus: Bellium
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Type species
Bellium bellidioides

Bellium is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region.34567

Species89
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References

  1. lectotype designated by Greuter, Regnum Veg. 127: 24 (1993)
  2. Tropicos, Bellium L.
  3. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum 2: 157, 285
  4. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Astereae". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  5. UniProt. "Tribe Astereae". Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  6. National Herbarium of New South Wales. "Genus Kippistia". New South Wales FloraOnline. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  7. "Polyarrhena Cass". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  8. The Plant List, search for Bellium
  9. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist