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A review of the origin and development of the florists’ cineraria,Senecio cruentus

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Considering that the cineraria originated comparatively recently, and under what must be regarded as the best of horticultural conditions, it is rather surprising to realize the paucity of factual historical evidence relevant to the origin and development of the complex. The summarized facts are as follows: The progenitors of the cineraria belong to the sectionPericallis of the genusSenecio, a group restricted to the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira. This group was introduced into cultivation in 1777 and 1780. By the early 1800’s the cineraria was distinct from its progenitors; by the late 1800’s, it encompassed numerous cultivars and great diversity of form. The biological origin of the complex has been studied fitfully, but the available evidence suggests that the cineraria is of hybrid, origin, involvingSenecio cruentus andS. heritieri and possibly several other species.

The cineraria is worth reviewing because it is a highly developed complex of cultivars the possible ancestry of which is a limited group of readily measurable insular endemics. Therefore, the cineraria should be a convenient vehicle for studying evolution under the hand of man.

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Contribution No. 678, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Kansas Agr. Expt. Station, Manhattan. Botany Serial No. 841. Research supported in part by the Kansas State University Bureau of General Research.

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Barkley, T.M. A review of the origin and development of the florists’ cineraria,Senecio cruentus . Econ Bot 20, 386–395 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02904060

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