Taxon: Felicia amelloides (L.) Voss

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• blue daisy   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• blue marguerite   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• marguerite du Cap   (Source: Zander Ency ) – French
  
• blaue Kapaster   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• margarida-azul   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• kapaster   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: South Africa - Eastern Cape, Western Cape

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Felicia amelloides.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Felicia amelloides.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Felicia amelloides.

Synonyms:

• (=) Aster rotundifolius Thunb.
  
• (≡) Cineraria amelloides L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Felicia amelloides (L.) Voss:

• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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