Borrichia
Encyclopedia
Borrichia is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the daisy
family, Asteraceae
. It is named for Danish physician Ole Borch
(1628-1690). Members of the genus are commonly known as seaside tansies.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the daisy
Bellis perennis
Bellis perennis is a common European species of Daisy, often considered the archetypal species of that name. Many related plants also share the name "Daisy", so to distinguish this species from other daisies it is sometimes qualified as Common Daisy, Lawn Daisy or occasionally English daisy. It is...
family, Asteraceae
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
. It is named for Danish physician Ole Borch
Ole Borch
Ole Borch was a Danish scientist, physician, grammarian, and poet, most famous today for being the teacher at the Vor Frue Skole in Copenhagen of Nicholas Steno. Borch had studied medicine at the University of Copenhagen and distinguished himself in the plague of 1654, when a third of...
(1628-1690). Members of the genus are commonly known as seaside tansies.
Selected species
- Borrichia arborescens (L.) DC. – Tree Seaside Tansy
- Borrichia frutescens (L.) DC. – Bushy Seaoxeye, Bushy Seaside Tansy
Hybrids
- Borrichia × cubana BrittonNathaniel Lord BrittonNathaniel Lord Britton was an American botanist and taxonomist who founded the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York. Britton was born in New Dorp in Staten Island, New York...
& S.F.Blake – Cuban Borrichia