Anthemis punctata is a species of flowering plant in the genus Anthemis, native to Algeria and Tunisia.[2] The Royal Horticultural Society has given the Award of Garden Merit to a plant native to Sicily it calls Anthemis punctata subsp. cupaniana.[3] As of August 2024, Plants of the World Online treated this as a separate species, Anthemis cupaniana.[4]

Anthemis punctata
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Anthemis
Species:
A. punctata
Binomial name
Anthemis punctata
Synonyms[2]
  • Anthemis kabylica Batt. & Trab.

Subspecies

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The following subspecies were accepted as of August 2024:[2]

  • Anthemis punctata subsp. kabylica (Batt.) Oberpr.
  • Anthemis punctata subsp. punctata

References

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  1. ^ Symb. Bot. 2: 91 (1791)
  2. ^ a b c "Anthemis punctata Vahl". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 Aug 2024.
  3. ^ "Anthemis punctata subsp. cupaniana Sicilian chamomile". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 12 March 2021. Synonyms; Anthemis cretica subsp. cupaniana, Anthemis cupaniana
  4. ^ "Anthemis cupaniana Tod. ex Nyman". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 Aug 2024.