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Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum sp
Kingdom:Plantae(unranked):Angiosperms(unranked):Eudicots(unranked):AsteridsOrder:AsteralesFamily:AsteraceaeTribe:AnthemideaeGenus:
Chrysanthemum
L.
ChrysanthemumhypargyrumChrysanthemum indicumChrysanthemum japonenseChrysanthemum japonicumChrysanthemumlavandulifoliumChrysanthemum mawiiChrysanthemummaximowicziiChrysanthemummongolicumChrysanthemum morifoliumChrysanthemum moriiChrysanthemum okienseChrysanthemum oreastrumChrysanthemum ornatumChrysanthemum pacificumChrysanthemum potentilloidesChrysanthemum segetumChrysanthemum shiwogikuChrysanthemum sinuatumChrysanthemum vestitumChrysanthemum weyrichiiChrysanthemum yoshinaganthumChrysanthemum zawadskii
Chrysanthemums
, often called
mums
, are a genus (
Chrysanthemum
) of about 30 species of perennial flowering plantsin the familyAsteraceae, native to Asiaand northeasternEurope.
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The genus once included many more species, but was split several decades ago into severalgenera; the naming of the genera has been contentious, but a ruling of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclaturein 1999 resulted in the defining species of the genus being changed to
Chrysanthemum indicum
, thereby restoring the economically important florist's chrysanthemumto the genus
Chrysanthemum
. These species had been, during the period between the splitting of the genus and the ICBN ruling, commonly treated under the genus name
Dendranthema
.The other species previously treated in the narrow view of the genus
Chrysanthemum
are nowtransferred to the genus
. The other genera split off from
Chrysanthemum
include
,
, and
.The species of
Chrysanthemum
are herbaceous perennial plantsgrowing to 50–150 cm tall, with
deeply lobed leaves and large flowerheads, white, yellow or pink in the wild species.
Chrysanthemum
species are used as food plants by thelarvaeof someLepidopteraspecies — see
list of Lepidoptera that feed on chrysanthemums.Today’s flowers are not as bright or large as ‘show’ varieties.
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