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|species = anthemoides
|species = anthemoides
|authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Jean Louis Marie Poiret|Poir.]]
|authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Jean Louis Marie Poiret|Poir.]]
|synonyms =
*''Arctotis anthemoides'' {{small|L. (1759)}}
*''Leptotis anthemoides'' {{small|(L.) Hoffmanns. (1824)}}
*''Sphenogyne anthemoides'' {{small|(L.) R.Br. (1813)}}
|synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:149359-3 ''Ursinia anthemoides'' (L.) Poir.] ''[[Plants of the World Online]]''. Retrieved 29 September 2023.</ref>
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'''''Ursinia anthemoides''''' or '''solar fire''' is an [[Annual plant|annual]], [[Herbaceous plant|herbaceous]] flowering plant of the [[genus]] ''[[Ursinia]]'',<ref name="annies">[http://www.anniesannuals.com/plt_lst/lists/general/lst.gen.asp?add_itm=1076&prodid=1076&prp_av=1&rs_start=480 ''Ursinia anthemoides''], Annie's Annuals and Perennials, 2012, access date 23-03-2012</ref> native to [[South Africa]].<ref name="annies"/> It has yellow or orange daisy-like inflorescences.<ref name="annies"/><ref>{{Cite web|title = Ursinia anthemoides|url = http://www.plantzafrica.com/planttuv/ursinanthem.htm|website = www.plantzafrica.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref> Fruits have both pappus and hairs, making the seeds easily dispersed by wind. <ref name=fb>{{FloraBase}}</ref>
'''''Ursinia anthemoides''''' or '''solar fire''' is an [[Annual plant|annual]], [[Herbaceous plant|herbaceous]] flowering plant of the [[genus]] ''[[Ursinia]]'',<ref name="annies">[http://www.anniesannuals.com/plt_lst/lists/general/lst.gen.asp?add_itm=1076&prodid=1076&prp_av=1&rs_start=480 ''Ursinia anthemoides''], Annie's Annuals and Perennials, 2012, access date 23-03-2012</ref> native to the [[Cape Provinces]] of [[South Africa]].<ref name=powo/> It has yellow or orange daisy-like inflorescences.<ref name="annies"/><ref>{{Cite web|title = Ursinia anthemoides|url = http://www.plantzafrica.com/planttuv/ursinanthem.htm|website = www.plantzafrica.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref> Fruits have both pappus and hairs, making the seeds easily dispersed by wind. <ref name=fb>{{FloraBase}}</ref>

There are two known subspecies:<ref name = powo/>
*''Ursinia anthemoides'' subsp. ''anthemoides''
*''Ursinia anthemoides'' subsp. ''versicolor'' {{small|(DC.) Prassler}}


It was [[alpha taxonomy|first described]] by [[Carl Linnaeus]] in the 1759 [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|10th edition]] of ''[[Systema Naturae]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/linnaean-typification/database/detail.dsml?ID=76700 |title=''Arctotis anthemoides'' Linnaeus |work=The Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project |publisher=[[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]] |accessdate=March 25, 2012}}</ref>
It was [[alpha taxonomy|first described]] by [[Carl Linnaeus]] in the 1759 [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|10th edition]] of ''[[Systema Naturae]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/linnaean-typification/database/detail.dsml?ID=76700 |title=''Arctotis anthemoides'' Linnaeus |work=The Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project |publisher=[[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]] |accessdate=March 25, 2012}}</ref>
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[[Category:Anthemideae]]
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[[Category:Endemic flora of South Africa]]
[[Category:Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1759]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1759]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus]]



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Revision as of 19:27, 29 September 2023

For the album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, see Solar Fire.

Ursinia anthemoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ursinia
Species:
U. anthemoides
Binomial name
Ursinia anthemoides
Synonyms[1]
  • Arctotis anthemoides L. (1759)
  • Leptotis anthemoides (L.) Hoffmanns. (1824)
  • Sphenogyne anthemoides (L.) R.Br. (1813)

Ursinia anthemoides or solar fire is an annual, herbaceous flowering plant of the genus Ursinia,[2] native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.[1] It has yellow or orange daisy-like inflorescences.[2][3] Fruits have both pappus and hairs, making the seeds easily dispersed by wind. [4]

There are two known subspecies:[1]

  • Ursinia anthemoides subsp. anthemoides
  • Ursinia anthemoides subsp. versicolor (DC.) Prassler

It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 1759 10th edition of Systema Naturae.[5]

External images
image icon A patch of solar fire
image icon A closeup of solar fire

References

  1. ^ a b c Ursinia anthemoides (L.) Poir. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b Ursinia anthemoides, Annie's Annuals and Perennials, 2012, access date 23-03-2012
  3. ^ "Ursinia anthemoides". www.plantzafrica.com. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  4. ^ "Ursinia anthemoides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ^ "Arctotis anthemoides Linnaeus". The Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project. Natural History Museum. Retrieved March 25, 2012.

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