Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
- Senecio angulatus
- Senecio australis
- Senecio banksii
- Senecio bipinnatisectus
- Senecio biserratus
- Senecio carnosulus
- Senecio crassiflorus
- Senecio diaschides
- Senecio dunedinensis
- Senecio elegans
- Senecio esleri
- Senecio esperensis
- Senecio glastifolius
- Senecio glaucophyllus
- Senecio glomeratus
- Senecio hauwai
- Senecio hispidulus
- Senecio hypoleucus
- Senecio kermadecensis
- Senecio lautus
- Senecio linearifolius
- Senecio macroglossus
- Senecio madagascariensis
- Senecio marotiri
- Senecio matatini
- Senecio minimus
- Senecio pokohinuensis
- Senecio quadridentatus
- Senecio radiolatus
- Senecio repangae
- Senecio rufiglandulosus
- Senecio scaberulus
- Senecio skirrhodon
- Senecio sterquilinus
- Senecio sylvaticus
- Senecio vulgaris
- Senecio wairauensis
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Senecio L., Sp. Pl. 866 (1753)
Synonymy:
- = Robinsonia DC. (1833)
Type Taxon:
Description
Annual, biennial, or perennial herbs, shrubs, trees or climbers. Lvs simple, entire to pinnately or palmately toothed, lobed, or compound, alternate. Capitula in corymbs, panicles, or solitary; involucral bracts in 1 row, usually with shorter supplementary bracts subtending base of involucre. Receptacle ± flat or convex; scales 0. Outer florets ♀ and ligulate, ♀ and tubular, or ☿ and tubular; ligules usually yellow, sometimes white, pink, orange, or mauve to purple; inner florets ☿. Achenes usually ± cylindric, 5–10-ribbed, often with short antrorse hairs, sometimes glabrous, rarely dimorphic with ray achenes glabrous and disc achenes hairy; pappus present but sometimes caducous, denticulate, simple or rarely plumose.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Endemic) | 17 |
| Indigenous (Non-endemic) | 9 |
| Indigenous (Non-endemic): Sometimes present | 1 |
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 6 |
| Exotic: Casual | 4 |
| Total | 37 |
Bibliography
Connor, H.E. 1977: The Poisonous Plants in New Zealand. Edition 2. Government Printer, Wellington.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Thompson, I.R. 2006: A taxonomic treatment of tribe Senecioneae (Asteraceae) in Australia. Muelleria 24: 51–110.
