{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Illustration Anthemis arvensis0.jpg |image_caption = Corn chamomile<br />(''Anthemis arvensis'')<ref>1885 illustration from Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany</ref> |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Anthemis |authority = L. |type_species = ''Anthemis maritima'' |type_species_authority = L. |synonyms_ref = <ref name=u>[https://archive.today/20141106202806/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=96d7b63c-b317-4440-9675-6898d422e3fe Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]</ref> |synonyms = * ''Lyonnetia'' <small>Cass.</small> * ''Maruta'' <small>(Cass.) Gray</small> * ''Ammanthus'' <small>Boiss. & Heldr. ex Boiss.</small> }}
'''''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.<ref>[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Anthemis Altervista Flora Italiana, genere ''Anthemis''] includes photos and European distribution maps</ref><ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358914#page/335/mode/1up Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 893-896] in Latin</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40016051 Tropicos, Anthemis L.]</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=102004 Flora of North America ''Anthemis'' Linnaeus]</ref>
There are around 100 species within this genus.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How to Propagate and Grow Anthemis ?|url=https://www.floristlondon.co.uk/how-to-propagate-and-grow-anthemis|access-date=2020-08-08|website=Florist London|language=en-GB}}</ref>
''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'<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/98124/Anthemis-tinctoria-E-C-Buxton/Details | title = ''Anthemis tinctoria'' 'E.C. Buxton' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 12 April 2020}}</ref> have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - ''Anthemis punctata'' subsp. ''cupiana''|url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=142|access-date=25 May 2013}}</ref> thumb|''Anthemis cotula'' thumb|''Anthemis tomentosa''
==Species== The following species are accepted:<ref name="329022-2" >{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329022-2 |title=''Anthemis'' L. |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=25 May 2021 }}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} *''Anthemis aaronsohnii'' <small>Eig</small> *''Anthemis abrotanifolia'' <small>(Willd.) Guss.</small> *''Anthemis abylaea'' <small>(Font Quer & Maire) Oberpr.</small> *''Anthemis aciphylla'' <small>Boiss.</small> *''Anthemis adonidifolia'' <small>Boiss.</small> *''Anthemis aeolica'' <small>Lojac.</small> *''Anthemis aetnensis'' <small>Spreng.</small> *''Anthemis alpestris'' <small>(Hoffmanns. & Link) R.Fernandes</small> *''Anthemis ammanthus'' <small>Greuter</small> *''Anthemis ammophila'' <small>Boiss. & Heldr.</small> *''Anthemis anthemiformis'' <small>(Freyn & Sint.) Grierson</small> *''Anthemis arenicola'' <small>Boiss.</small> *''Anthemis argyrophylla'' <small>Velen.</small> *''Anthemis arvensis'' <small>L.</small> *''Anthemis atropatana'' <small>Iranshahr</small> *''Anthemis auriculata'' <small>Boiss.</small> *''Anthemis austroiranica'' <small>Rech.f., Aellen & Esfand.</small> *''Anthemis × bollei'' <small>Sch.Bip. ex Asch.</small> *''Anthemis bornmuelleri'' <small>Stoj. & Acht.</small> *''Anthemis bourgei'' <small>Boiss. & Reut.</small> *''Anthemis boveana'' <small>J.Gay</small> *''Anthemis brachycarpa'' <small>Eig</small> *''Anthemis brachystephana'' <small>Bornm. & Gauba</small> *''Anthemis breviradiata'' <small>Eig</small> *''Anthemis bushehrica'' <small>Iranshahr</small> *''Anthemis candidissima'' <small>Willd. ex Spreng.</small> *''Anthemis chia'' <small>L.</small> *''Anthemis chrysantha'' <small>J.Gay</small> *''Anthemis concolor'' <small>Lojac.</small> *''Anthemis confusa'' <small>Pomel</small> *''Anthemis cornucopiae'' <small>Boiss.</small> *''Anthemis corymbulosa'' <small>Boiss. & Hausskn.</small> *''Anthemis cotula'' <small>L.</small> *''Anthemis cretica'' <small>L.</small> *''Anthemis cuneata'' <small>Hub.-Mor. & Reese</small> *''Anthemis cupaniana'' <small>Tod. ex Nyman</small> *''Anthemis cyrenaica'' <small>Coss.</small> *''Anthemis davisii'' <small>Yavin</small> *''Anthemis deserti'' <small>Boiss.</small> *''Anthemis deserticola'' <small>Krasch. & Popov</small> *''Anthemis dicksoniae'' <small>Ghafoor</small> *''Anthemis didymaea'' <small>Mouterde</small> *''Anthemis edumea'' <small>Eig</small> *''Anthemis emasensis'' <small>Eig</small> *''Anthemis fayedina'' <small>Zareh</small> *''Anthemis filicaulis'' <small>(Boiss. & Heldr.) Greuter</small> *''Anthemis fimbriata'' <small>Boiss.</small> *''Anthemis freitagii'' <small>Iranshahr</small> *''Anthemis fumariifolia'' <small>Boiss.</small> *''Anthemis fungosa'' <small>Boiss. & Hausskn.</small> *''Anthemis funkii'' <small>(Sch.Bip. ex Willk. & Lange) Benedí</small> *''Anthemis gharbensis'' <small>Oberpr.</small> *''Anthemis gilanica'' <small>Bornm. & Gauba</small> *''Anthemis gillettii'' <small>Iranshahr</small> *''Anthemis glaberrima'' <small>(Rech.f.) Greuter</small> *''Anthemis glareosa'' <small>E.Durand & Barratte</small> *''Anthemis gracilis'' <small>Iranshahr</small> *''Anthemis hamrinensis'' <small>Iranshahr</small> *''Anthemis handel-mazzettii'' <small>Eig</small> *''Anthemis haussknechtii'' <small>Boiss. & Reut.</small> *''Anthemis hebronica'' <small>Boiss. & Kotschy</small> *''Anthemis hemistephana'' <small>Boiss.</small> *''Anthemis hermonis'' <small>Eig</small> *''Anthemis hirtella'' <small>C.Winkl.</small> *''Anthemis homalolepis'' <small>Eig</small> *''Anthemis hyalina'' <small>DC.</small> *''Anthemis hydruntina'' <small>E.Groves</small> *''Anthemis indurata'' <small>Delile</small> *''Anthemis iranica'' <small>Parsa</small> *''Anthemis ismelia'' <small>Lojac.</small> *''Anthemis jordanovii'' <small>Stoj. & Acht.</small> *''Anthemis kandaharica'' <small>Iranshahr</small> *''Anthemis karacae'' <small>Güner</small> *''Anthemis kermanica'' <small>Parsa</small> *''Anthemis kitaibelii'' <small>Spreng.</small> *''Anthemis kotschyana'' <small>Boiss.</small> *''Anthemis kruegeriana'' <small>Pamp.</small> *''Anthemis laconica'' <small>Franzén</small> *''Anthemis leptophylla'' <small>Eig</small> *''Anthemis leucanthemifolia'' <small>Boiss. & C.I.Blanche</small> *''Anthemis leucolepis'' <small>Eig</small> *''Anthemis lithuanica'' <small>Besser ex DC.</small> *''Anthemis lorestanica'' <small>Iranshahr</small> *''Anthemis macedonica'' <small>Boiss. & Orph.</small> *''Anthemis macrotis'' <small>(Rech.f.) Oberpr. & Vogt</small> *''Anthemis maris-mortui'' <small>Eig</small> *''Anthemis maritima'' <small>L.</small> *''Anthemis marocana'' <small>Batt. & Pit.</small> *''Anthemis marschalliana'' <small>Wes.</small> *''Anthemis mauritiana'' <small>Maire & Sennen</small> *''Anthemis melampodina'' <small>Delile</small> *''Anthemis melanacme'' <small>Boiss. & Hausskn.</small> *''Anthemis micrantha'' <small>Boiss. & Hausskn.</small> *''Anthemis microcephala'' <small>(Schrenk) B.Fedtsch.</small> *''Anthemis microlepis'' <small>Eig</small> *''Anthemis microsperma'' <small>Boiss. & Kotschy</small> *''Anthemis mirheydari'' <small>Iranshahr</small> *''Anthemis moghanica'' <small>Iranshahr</small> *''Anthemis monilicostata'' <small>Pomel</small> *''Anthemis muricata'' <small>(DC.) Guss.</small> *''Anthemis nabataea'' <small>Eig</small> *''Anthemis odontostephana'' <small>Boiss.</small> *''Anthemis orbelica'' <small>Pancic</small> *''Anthemis orientalis'' <small>(L.) Degen</small> *''Anthemis parnesia'' <small>Boiss. & Heldr.</small> *''Anthemis parvifolia'' <small>Eig</small> *''Anthemis patentissima'' <small>Eig</small> *''Anthemis pauciloba'' <small>Boiss.</small> *''Anthemis pedunculata'' <small>Desf.</small> *''Anthemis peregrina'' <small>L.</small> *''Anthemis persica'' <small>Boiss.</small> *''Anthemis pignattiorum'' <small>Guarino, Raimondo & Domina</small> *''Anthemis pindicola'' <small>Heldr. ex Halácsy</small> *''Anthemis plebeia'' <small>Boiss. & Noë</small> *''Anthemis plutonia'' <small>Meikle</small> *''Anthemis pseudocotula'' <small>Boiss.</small> *''Anthemis pulvinata'' <small>Brullo, Scelsi & Spamp.</small> *''Anthemis punctata'' <small>Vahl</small> *''Anthemis pungens'' <small>Yavin</small> *''Anthemis rascheyana'' <small>Boiss.</small> *''Anthemis regis-borisii'' <small>Stoj. & Acht.</small> *''Anthemis retusa'' <small>Delile</small> *''Anthemis rhodensis'' <small>Boiss.</small> *''Anthemis rhodocentra'' <small>Iranshahr</small> *''Anthemis rigida'' <small>Boiss. ex Heldr.</small> *''Anthemis rosea'' <small>Sm.</small> *''Anthemis rumelica'' <small>(Velen.) Stoj. & Acht.</small> *''Anthemis ruthenica'' <small>M.Bieb.</small> *''Anthemis samariensis'' <small>Turland</small> *''Anthemis scariosa'' <small>Banks & Sol.</small> *''Anthemis schizostephana'' <small>Boiss. & Hausskn.</small> *''Anthemis scopulorum'' <small>Rech.f.</small> *''Anthemis scrobicularis'' <small>Yavin</small> *''Anthemis secundiramea'' <small>Biv.</small> *''Anthemis sheilae'' <small>Ghafoor & Al-Turki</small> *''Anthemis sibthorpii'' <small>Griseb.</small> *''Anthemis sintenisii'' <small>Freyn</small> *''Anthemis spruneri'' <small>Boiss. & Heldr.</small> *''Anthemis sterilis'' <small>Steven</small> *''Anthemis stiparum'' <small>Pomel</small> *''Anthemis susiana'' <small>Nábelek</small> *''Anthemis taubertii'' <small>E.Durand & Barratte</small> *''Anthemis tenuicarpa'' <small>Eig</small> *''Anthemis tenuisecta'' <small>Ball</small> *''Anthemis tigreensis'' <small>J.Gay ex A.Rich.</small> *''Anthemis tomentella'' <small>Greuter</small> *''Anthemis tomentosa'' <small>L.</small> *''Anthemis tranzscheliana'' <small>Fed.</small> *''Anthemis tricolor'' <small>Boiss.</small> *''Anthemis tricornis'' <small>Eig</small> *''Anthemis tripolitana'' <small>Boiss. & C.I.Blanche</small> *''Anthemis tubicina'' <small>Boiss. & Hausskn.</small> *''Anthemis ubensis'' <small>Pomel</small> *''Anthemis virescens'' <small>Velen.</small> *''Anthemis wallii'' <small>Hub.-Mor. & Reese</small> *''Anthemis wettsteiniana'' <small>Hand.-Mazz.</small> *''Anthemis xylopoda'' <small>O.Schwarz</small> *''Anthemis yemensis'' <small>Podlech</small> *''Anthemis zaianica'' <small>Oberpr.</small> *''Anthemis zoharyana'' <small>Eig</small> {{div col end}}
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Category:Anthemis Category:Asteraceae genera