Bellis

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 2: 886. 1753.

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Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 378. 1754.

Common names: Daisy pâquerette
Etymology: For Eystein Beli, son of King of Denmark in 8th Century
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 22. Mentioned on page 16, 20, 23.

Perennials [annuals], 5–20 cm (scapiform; rhizomes herbaceous [roots fibrous]). Stems erect, simple, strigose. Leaves basal (mostly) [sometimes cauline, reduced]; alternate; petiolate; blades 1-nerved, obovate-spatulate to rounded, margins crenate-serrate, strigose. Heads radiate, borne singly. Involucres hemispheric, [3–]4–6[–8] × 9–13 mm. Phyllaries 13–14+ in (1–)2(–3) series 1-nerved, oblong, subequal, herbaceous, margins entire, abaxial faces strigose. Receptacles conic [hemispheric or nearly flat] (± elongating with age), pitted, epaleate. Ray florets 35–90 (in [1–]3–4 series), pistillate, fertile; corollas abaxially often pink- or purplish-tinged, adaxially white (closing at night). Disc florets 60–80+, bisexual, fertile; corollas pale yellow, tubes much shorter than funnelform [tubular] throats, lobes 5, erect or incurved, deltate; style-branch appendages deltate. Cypselae obconic, compressed, marginally 2-ribbed, eglandular [gland-dotted (sessile)], faces short-strigose [glabrous or ciliate-margined]; pappi 0 [bristles]. x = 9.

Distribution

Introduced; North America, Mediterranean basin, Europe, n Africa, Macaronesia, introduced also to temperate areas worldwide.

Discussion

Species 15 (1 in the flora).

O. Fiz et al. (2002) showed that Bellis is closely related to Bellium Linnaeus and Bellidiastrum michelii Cassini (syn. Aster bellidiastrum Scopoli). Subtribe Bellidinae (Cassini ex D. Don) Bentham should be expanded to include the latter in a group of scapiform perennials or annuals. Fiz et al. showed also that Crinitaria and Galatella (two segregates of Aster in the broad sense complex) are sister to Bellidinae. Exact relationships of this group to other subtribes of Astereae are still undetermined.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

... more about "Bellis"
Luc Brouillet +
Linnaeus +
Daisy +  and pâquerette +
North America +, Mediterranean basin +, Europe +, n Africa +, Macaronesia +  and introduced also to temperate areas worldwide. +
For Eystein Beli, son of King of Denmark in 8th Century +
Sp. Pl. +  and Gen. Pl. ed. +
1753 +  and 1754 +
Compositae +
Asteraceae tribe Astereae +