Calendula

Calendula officinalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Calenduleae
Genus: Calendula
Species: C. arvensis – C. davisii – C. eckerleinii – C. karakalensis – C. lanzae – C. maroccana – C. meuselii – C. murbeckii – C. officinalis – C. oualidii – C. pachysperma – C. palaestina – C. pinnatiloba – C. ricardoi – C. stellata – C. suffruticosa – C. sventenii – C. tripterocarpa

• This taxon list was last updated on 26 Mar 2025.

Name

Calendula L., Sp. Pl. 2: 921 (1753).

• Type species: Calendula officinalis L. (1753), vide Green (1929).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Calendella Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 135 (1898), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Caltha Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia & Africa Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, West Himalaya, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Assam, Belarus, Bolivia, Borneo, British Columbia, California, Central European Rus, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Connecticut, Cook Is., Costa Rica, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Hainan, Honduras, India, Ireland, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kazakhstan, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Maine, Malaya, Manchuria, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico Southeast, Michigan, Myanmar, Nepal, New Hampshire, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Primorye, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, South Australia, South European Russi, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tibet, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Victoria, Vietnam, Washington, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Xinjiang References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 921. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Green, M.L. in Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Prop. Brit. Bot. 183.
• Gonçalves, A.C., Ouhammoud, A., Amirouche, R., Dos Santos, C.C., Figueiredo, E. & Silveira, P. 2023. A taxonomic revision of Calendula (Asteraceae) in Morocco, including some taxa from Algeria and Tunisia. Phytotaxa 605(1): 1-83. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.605.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Calendula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Mar 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Calendula. Published online. Accessed: 26 Mar 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Calendula. Accessed: 26 Mar 2025. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2025. Calendula. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Mar 26. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• беларуская: Наготкі
• čeština: Měsíček
• Deutsch: Ringelblumen
• English: Pot Marigolds
• suomi: Kehäkukat
• français: Souci
• עברית: ציפורני חתול
• magyar: Körömvirág
• italiano: Calendula
• kurdî: ھەمیشەبەھار
• македонски: Невен
• Nederlands: Goudsbloem
• polski: Nagietek
• русский: Календула
• slovenčina: Nechtík
• slovenščina: ognjič
• српски / srpski: Невен
• Türkçe: Öküzgözü

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