Commercial Floriculture

Species

• The number of species under the genus Chrysanthemum varied from 100-200.
• Some important species are:
• n=9 (2n=18 to 90)

1. Chrysanthemum boreale : Abura – Giku
2. C. carinatum : Tricolor chrysanthemum
3. C. coronarium : Garland chrysanthemum
4. C. cinerariifolium : Dalmatian pyrethrum
5. C. rubellum – sturdy species used for breeding of hardy cultivars.
6. C. satsumense : Satsuma-nogiku
7. C. sinensis- One of the sourses of todays florists’ mums.
8. C. sibiricum is one of the parents for Korean hybrids.
9. C. coccineunm :Painted daisy
10. C. indicum :Chinese/ Japanese mums
11. C. morifolium :Florists’ chrysamthemum
• C. morifolium is a hybrid species and is the result of repeated cycles of inter-specific crossing among elemental species extending over a period of 2500 years.
• Plants are perennial.

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C. carinatum	: Tricolor mums	C. coronarium	C. frutescens

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