Cineraria is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family,Linnaeus, Carl von. 1763. Species Plantarum, Editio Secunda 1242–1245 in Latin native primarily to southern Africa with a few species further north. The genus includes herbaceous plants and small subshrubs.
In the past, the genus was commonly viewed in a broader sense including a number of species from the Canary Islands and Madeira which are now transferred to the genus Pericallis, including the florist's cineraria (Pericallis × hybrida).
Species , Plants of the World Online accepts the following species:
Cineraria abyssinica Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich. Cineraria albicans N.E.Br. Cineraria albomontana Hilliard Cineraria alchemilloides DC. Cineraria anampoza (Baker) Baker Cineraria arctotidea DC. Cineraria aspera Thunb. Cineraria atriplicifolia DC. Cineraria austrotransvaalensis Cron Cineraria britteniae Hutch. & R.A.Dyer Cineraria burkei Burtt Davy Cineraria canescens Wendl.Obs. ex Link Cineraria cyanomontana Cron Cineraria decipiens Harv. Cineraria deltoidea Sond. Cineraria densiflora R.E.Fr. Cineraria dieterlenii E.Phillips Cineraria dryogeton Cron Cineraria erodioides DC. Cineraria erosa Harv. Cineraria exilis DC. Cineraria geifolia (L.) L. Cineraria geraniifolia DC. Cineraria glandulosa Cron Cineraria grandibracteata Hilliard Cineraria huilensis Cron Cineraria humifusa L'Hér. Cineraria laxiflora R.E.Fr. Cineraria lobata L'Hér. Cineraria longipes S.Moore Cineraria lyratiformis Cron Cineraria magnicephala Cron Cineraria mazoensis S.Moore Cineraria microglossa DC. Cineraria mitellifolia L'Hér. Cineraria mollis E.Mey. ex DC. Cineraria ngwenyensis Cron Cineraria parvifolia Burtt Davy Cineraria pinnata O.Hoffm. ex Schinz Cineraria platycarpa DC. Cineraria polycephala DC. Cineraria pulchra Cron Cineraria saxifraga DC. Cineraria sebaldii Cufod. Cineraria tomentolanata Govaerts Cineraria vagans Hilliard Cineraria vallis-pacis Dinter ex Merxm.
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