Tanacetum

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Tanacetum corymbosum

Tanacetum is a genus of about 160 species of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, native to many regions of the Northern Hemisphere.[1] They are known commonly as tansies.[2][1][3] The name tansy can refer specifically to Tanacetum vulgare, which may be called the common tansy or garden tansy for clarity.[3] The generic name Tanacetum means 'immortality' in Botanical Latin, since tansy was once placed between the burial sheets of the dead to repel vermin.[4]

Other familiar species include costmary (T. balsamita) and feverfew (T. parthenium).

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Selected species

Species include:[5][6][7]

Gallery of species

References

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  1. a b c Tanacetum. Flora of North America.
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  3. a b Tanacetum. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  4. Gledhill D. 1985. The Names of Plants. Cambridge University Press. Template:ISBN
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  6. GRIN Species Records of Tanacetum. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
  7. Tanacetum species records. Flora of China.
  8. Image of Tanacetum coccineum chamaemelifolium in sciencephoto.com

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