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Senecio
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Senecio is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes groundsels and some ragworts. Variously circumscribed taxonomically, the genus Senecio is one of the largest genera of flowering plants. Plants of the World Online currently accepts 1482 species.
Senecio is a huge group of flowering plants in the daisy family, containing over 1,400 species of plants commonly known as groundsels and ragworts. It ranks among the largest plant genera in the world, though scientists continue to debate exactly which species belong in it.
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Species
ragworts
Senecio
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
General: Senecio (a name in Pliny, probably for S. vulgaris; from
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Research
1,197 papers- Senecio as a model system for integrating studies of genotype, phenotype and fitness.The New phytologist · 2020
- Senecio scandens Buch.-Ham.: a review on its ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, pharmacology, and toxicity.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2013
- Genus Senecio in China: A review on its traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology, and toxicity.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2025
- Sporophytic self-incompatibility in Senecio squalidus L (Asteraceae)--the search for S.Journal of experimental botany · 2003
- Senecio scandens Buch. - Ham.: A comprehensive review of botany, phytochemistry, biological activity, toxicity, quality control, application, and practical domain.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2026
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Senecio is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes groundsels and some ragworts. Variously circumscribed taxonomically, the genus Senecio is one of the largest genera of flowering plants. Plants of the World Online currently accepts 1482 species.
==Description==