Senecio

Senecio
	Senecio vulgaris at Neuendettelsau, Nuremberg, Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Senecioneae
Genus:	Senecio; L.
Type species
	Senecio vulgaris; L.
Species
	1,482; see text
Synonyms
	Synonymy Acleia DC. ; Adenotrichia Lindl. ; Anecio Neck. ; Aspelina Cass. ; Brachypappus Sch.Bip. ; Brachyrhynchos Less. ; Cadiscus E.Mey. ex DC. ; Carderina Cass. ; Cladopogon Sch.Bip. ; Crociseris (Rchb.) Fourr. ; Cryptochaete Raimondi ; Erechthites Less. ; Eudorus Cass. ; Farobaea Schrank ex Colla ; Jacobanthus Fourr. ; Madacarpus Wight ; Madaractis DC. ; Melalema Hook.f. ; Metazanthus Meyen ; Moerkensteinia Opiz ; Obaejaca Cass. ; Pseudojacobaea (Hook.f.) R.Mathur ; Pterosenecio Sch.Bip. ex Baker ; Sclerobasis Cass. ; Seneciunculus Opiz ; Symphipappus Klatt ; Synarthrum Cass. ;

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.