Anthemis
| Anthemis | |
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| Corn chamomile (Anthemis arvensis)[1]  | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
| Order: | Asterales | 
| Family: | Asteraceae | 
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae | 
| Tribe: | Anthemideae | 
| Genus: | L.  | 
| Type species | |
| Anthemis maritima L.   | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
 
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Anthemis is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to Chamaemelum, and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. Anthemis are native to the Mediterranean region and southwest Asia east to Iran. A number of species have also become naturalized in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world.[3][4][5][6]
There are around 100 species within this genus.[7]
Anthemis species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Orthonama obstipata (The Gem) and Bucculatrix anthemidella, a leaf-miner which feeds exclusively on Anthemis tinctoria.
Cultivation and uses
Several species and cultivars are available for garden use. A. punctata subsp. cupaniana and Anthemis tinctoria 'E.C. Buxton'[8] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[9]

Species
The following species are accepted:[10]
- Anthemis aaronsohnii Eig
 - Anthemis abrotanifolia (Willd.) Guss.
 - Anthemis abylaea (Font Quer & Maire) Oberpr.
 - Anthemis aciphylla Boiss.
 - Anthemis adonidifolia Boiss.
 - Anthemis aeolica Lojac.
 - Anthemis aetnensis Spreng.
 - Anthemis alpestris (Hoffmanns. & Link) R.Fernandes
 - Anthemis ammanthus Greuter
 - Anthemis ammophila Boiss. & Heldr.
 - Anthemis anthemiformis (Freyn & Sint.) Grierson
 - Anthemis arenicola Boiss.
 - Anthemis argyrophylla Velen.
 - Anthemis arvensis L.
 - Anthemis atropatana Iranshahr
 - Anthemis auriculata Boiss.
 - Anthemis austroiranica Rech.f., Aellen & Esfand.
 - Anthemis × bollei Sch.Bip. ex Asch.
 - Anthemis bornmuelleri Stoj. & Acht.
 - Anthemis bourgei Boiss. & Reut.
 - Anthemis boveana J.Gay
 - Anthemis brachycarpa Eig
 - Anthemis brachystephana Bornm. & Gauba
 - Anthemis breviradiata Eig
 - Anthemis bushehrica Iranshahr
 - Anthemis candidissima Willd. ex Spreng.
 - Anthemis chia L.
 - Anthemis chrysantha J.Gay
 - Anthemis concolor Lojac.
 - Anthemis confusa Pomel
 - Anthemis cornucopiae Boiss.
 - Anthemis corymbulosa Boiss. & Hausskn.
 - Anthemis cotula L.
 - Anthemis cretica L.
 - Anthemis cuneata Hub.-Mor. & Reese
 - Anthemis cupaniana Tod. ex Nyman
 - Anthemis cyrenaica Coss.
 - Anthemis davisii Yavin
 - Anthemis deserti Boiss.
 - Anthemis deserticola Krasch. & Popov
 - Anthemis dicksoniae Ghafoor
 - Anthemis didymaea Mouterde
 - Anthemis edumea Eig
 - Anthemis emasensis Eig
 - Anthemis fayedina Zareh
 - Anthemis filicaulis (Boiss. & Heldr.) Greuter
 - Anthemis fimbriata Boiss.
 - Anthemis freitagii Iranshahr
 - Anthemis fumariifolia Boiss.
 - Anthemis fungosa Boiss. & Hausskn.
 - Anthemis funkii (Sch.Bip. ex Willk. & Lange) Benedí
 - Anthemis gharbensis Oberpr.
 - Anthemis gilanica Bornm. & Gauba
 - Anthemis gillettii Iranshahr
 - Anthemis glaberrima (Rech.f.) Greuter
 - Anthemis glareosa E.Durand & Barratte
 - Anthemis gracilis Iranshahr
 - Anthemis hamrinensis Iranshahr
 - Anthemis handel-mazzettii Eig
 - Anthemis haussknechtii Boiss. & Reut.
 - Anthemis hebronica Boiss. & Kotschy
 - Anthemis hemistephana Boiss.
 - Anthemis hermonis Eig
 - Anthemis hirtella C.Winkl.
 - Anthemis homalolepis Eig
 - Anthemis hyalina DC.
 - Anthemis hydruntina E.Groves
 - Anthemis indurata Delile
 - Anthemis iranica Parsa
 - Anthemis ismelia Lojac.
 - Anthemis jordanovii Stoj. & Acht.
 - Anthemis kandaharica Iranshahr
 - Anthemis karacae Güner
 - Anthemis kermanica Parsa
 - Anthemis kitaibelii Spreng.
 - Anthemis kotschyana Boiss.
 - Anthemis kruegeriana Pamp.
 - Anthemis laconica Franzén
 - Anthemis leptophylla Eig
 - Anthemis leucanthemifolia Boiss. & C.I.Blanche
 - Anthemis leucolepis Eig
 - Anthemis lithuanica Besser ex DC.
 - Anthemis lorestanica Iranshahr
 - Anthemis macedonica Boiss. & Orph.
 - Anthemis macrotis (Rech.f.) Oberpr. & Vogt
 - Anthemis maris-mortui Eig
 - Anthemis maritima L.
 - Anthemis marocana Batt. & Pit.
 - Anthemis marschalliana Wes.
 - Anthemis mauritiana Maire & Sennen
 - Anthemis melampodina Delile
 - Anthemis melanacme Boiss. & Hausskn.
 - Anthemis micrantha Boiss. & Hausskn.
 - Anthemis microcephala (Schrenk) B.Fedtsch.
 - Anthemis microlepis Eig
 - Anthemis microsperma Boiss. & Kotschy
 - Anthemis mirheydari Iranshahr
 - Anthemis moghanica Iranshahr
 - Anthemis monilicostata Pomel
 - Anthemis muricata (DC.) Guss.
 - Anthemis nabataea Eig
 - Anthemis odontostephana Boiss.
 - Anthemis orbelica Pancic
 - Anthemis orientalis (L.) Degen
 - Anthemis parnesia Boiss. & Heldr.
 - Anthemis parvifolia Eig
 - Anthemis patentissima Eig
 - Anthemis pauciloba Boiss.
 - Anthemis pedunculata Desf.
 - Anthemis peregrina L.
 - Anthemis persica Boiss.
 - Anthemis pignattiorum Guarino, Raimondo & Domina
 - Anthemis pindicola Heldr. ex Halácsy
 - Anthemis plebeia Boiss. & Noë
 - Anthemis plutonia Meikle
 - Anthemis pseudocotula Boiss.
 - Anthemis pulvinata Brullo, Scelsi & Spamp.
 - Anthemis punctata Vahl
 - Anthemis pungens Yavin
 - Anthemis rascheyana Boiss.
 - Anthemis regis-borisii Stoj. & Acht.
 - Anthemis retusa Delile
 - Anthemis rhodensis Boiss.
 - Anthemis rhodocentra Iranshahr
 - Anthemis rigida Boiss. ex Heldr.
 - Anthemis rosea Sm.
 - Anthemis rumelica (Velen.) Stoj. & Acht.
 - Anthemis ruthenica M.Bieb.
 - Anthemis samariensis Turland
 - Anthemis scariosa Banks & Sol.
 - Anthemis schizostephana Boiss. & Hausskn.
 - Anthemis scopulorum Rech.f.
 - Anthemis scrobicularis Yavin
 - Anthemis secundiramea Biv.
 - Anthemis sheilae Ghafoor & Al-Turki
 - Anthemis sibthorpii Griseb.
 - Anthemis sintenisii Freyn
 - Anthemis spruneri Boiss. & Heldr.
 - Anthemis sterilis Steven
 - Anthemis stiparum Pomel
 - Anthemis susiana Nábelek
 - Anthemis taubertii E.Durand & Barratte
 - Anthemis tenuicarpa Eig
 - Anthemis tenuisecta Ball
 - Anthemis tigreensis J.Gay ex A.Rich.
 - Anthemis tomentella Greuter
 - Anthemis tomentosa L.
 - Anthemis tranzscheliana Fed.
 - Anthemis tricolor Boiss.
 - Anthemis tricornis Eig
 - Anthemis tripolitana Boiss. & C.I.Blanche
 - Anthemis tubicina Boiss. & Hausskn.
 - Anthemis ubensis Pomel
 - Anthemis virescens Velen.
 - Anthemis wallii Hub.-Mor. & Reese
 - Anthemis wettsteiniana Hand.-Mazz.
 - Anthemis xylopoda O.Schwarz
 - Anthemis yemensis Podlech
 - Anthemis zaianica Oberpr.
 - Anthemis zoharyana Eig
 
References
- ^ 1885 illustration from Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany
 - ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
 - ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Anthemis includes photos and European distribution maps
 - ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 893-896 in Latin
 - ^ Tropicos, Anthemis L.
 - ^ Flora of North America Anthemis Linnaeus
 - ^ "How to Propagate and Grow Anthemis ?". Florist London. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
 - ^ "Anthemis tinctoria 'E.C. Buxton'". RHS. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
 - ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Anthemis punctata subsp. cupiana". Retrieved 25 May 2013.
 - ^ "Anthemis L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
 
