...The flower is a head of many tubular flowers with ray petals, stamens and pistils, just like chrysanthemums, and blooms intermittently from early summer to late autumn at the end of the main stem and side branches. In the 16th century, it was already cultivated by the Aztecs in Mexico, where it originated, mainly as a medicinal herb, and was called Cocoxochitl or Acocotlis. The first seeds were sent from Mexico to A.J. Cabanilles, director of the Royal Botanical Garden in Madrid, in 1789, and the semi-double flowers obtained from these seeds were given the species name pinnata the following year. ... *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Acocotris" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…花はキクと同じように花弁と呼ばれる舌状花とおしべ・めしべを備えた管状花が多数集まった頭状花で,主茎と側枝の先に初夏から秋末まで断続的に開花する。 16世紀にはすでに,原産地のメキシコでアステカ族によりおもに薬草として栽培され,ココクソチトルCocoxochitlまたはアココトリスAcocotlisの名で呼ばれていた。ヨーロッパには1789年にマドリードの王室植物園長A.J.カバニレスのもとにメキシコから最初の種子が送られ,翌年この種子から得られた半八重の花にpinnataの種名がつけられた。… ※「アココトリス」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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