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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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| image                  = 2014-03-10 12-32-15 Bellis-perennis.jpg
| image_caption          = Daisy (''Bellis perennis'')
| display_parents        = 3
| taxon                  = Bellis
| authority              = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
| type_species_authority = L.<ref>lectotype designated by N. L. Britton et A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. ed. 2. 3: 401 (1913)</ref><ref name=h/>
| type_species           = ''[[Bellis perennis]]''
| synonyms_ref           = <ref name=z/>
| synonyms               = 
* ''Belliopsis'' <small>Pomel</small>
* ''Paquerina'' <small>Cass.</small>
* ''Bellis'' sect. ''Paquerina'' <small>(Cass.) Kuntze</small>
* ''Bellidium'' <small>Bertol.</small>
}}

'''''Bellis''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɛ|l|ə|s}})<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Bellis}}</ref> is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Asteraceae]].<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358907#page/328/mode/1up Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753.  Species Plantarum 2: 886-887] in Latin</ref><ref name=h>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40026218 Tropicos, ''Bellis'' L.]</ref>

The group is [[native plant|native]] to [[Europe]], the [[Mediterranean]] and northern [[Africa]]. One species has been introduced into [[North America]] and others into other parts of the world.<ref name=flora>{{Citation |year =2006 | title =Flora of North America: north of Mexico, Volume 20. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae (in part): Asteraceae, part 2. |location=New York & Oxford | publisher =Oxford University Press | isbn=978-0-19-530564-7 | pages =22–23}}</ref><ref>[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Bellis Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Bellis] includes photos and European distribution maps</ref> The genus includes the familiar common daisy ''[[Bellis perennis]]''.

==Description==
''Bellis'' species are mostly perennials, and grow from {{convert|5|-|20|cm|0|abbr=on}} tall. They have simple erect stems, and most species have basal leaves. They have radiate flower heads that are produced one per stem.<ref name=flora/>

==Species==
; Accepted species<ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Bellis The Plant List, search for Bellis]</ref><ref name=z>[https://archive.today/20141109152923/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=1E3DC7A5-7C04-4F87-80AC-95FC336BF676 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]</ref>
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* ''[[Bellis annua]]'' <small>L.</small>
**[[Bellis annua subsp. microcephala|''Bellis annua'' subsp. ''microcephala'']]
**[[Bellis annua subsp. minuta|''Bellis annua'' subsp. ''minuta'']]
* ''[[Bellis azorica]]'' <small>L.</small>
* ''[[Bellis bernardii]]'' <small>Boiss. & Reut.</small>	
* ''[[Bellis caerulescens]]'' <small>(Coss.) Coss. ''ex'' Ball</small>	
* ''[[Bellis cordifolia]]'' <small>(Kunze) Willk.</small>
* ''[[Bellis dubia]]'' <small>Spreng.</small>
* ''[[Bellis hyrcanica]]'' <small>Woronow</small>
* ''[[Bellis longifolia]]'' <small>Boiss. & Heldr.</small>	(synonym of ''Bellis sylvestris'')
* ''[[Bellis microcephala]]'' <small>Lange	</small> (synonym of ''Bellis annua subsp. microcephala'')
* ''[[Bellis pappulosa]]'' <small>Boiss. ''ex'' DC.</small>	
* ''[[Bellis perennis]]'' <small>L.	</small>
* ''[[Bellis rotundifolia]]'' <small>(Desf.) Boiss. & Reut.</small>
* ''[[Bellis sylvestris]]'' <small>(L.) Cyr.</small>
**[[Bellis sylvestris subsp. pappulosa|''Bellis sylvestris'' subsp. ''pappulosa'']]
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=== Possible infrageneric groups === 
Source:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tropicos.org/name/Search?name=Bellis | title=Tropicos }}</ref>

* ''[[Bellis sect. Brachyscome]]'' <small>(Cass.) Baill.</small>
* ''[[Bellis sect. Brachystephium]]'' <small>(Less.) Kuntze</small>
* ''[[Bellis sect. Lagenophora]]'' <small>(Cass.) Baill.</small>
* ''[[Bellis sect. Silphiosperma]]'' <small>(Steetz) Kuntze</small>

<gallery>
Image:Bellisannua1.jpg|Annual daisy (''Bellis annua'')
Image:Bellis sylvestris.jpg|Southern daisy (''Bellis sylvestris'')
Image:English_Daisy_(Bellis_Perennis).jpg|English daisy (''Bellis perennis'')
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
{{EB9 Poster|Daisy}}

* [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Bellis&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: ''Bellis'']

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[[Category:Bellis| ]]
[[Category:Asteraceae genera]]
[[Category:Garden plants]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus]]


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