Toxicological trivia from December 02, 2016: Senecio is a genus of the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes ragworts and groundsels. The scientific Latin genus name, Senecio, means "old man."Despite the separation of many species into other genera, the genus still contains c. 1250 species and is one of the largest genera of flowering plants. The genus is nearly worldwide distributed and it evolved in the mid to late Miocene.Some species produce natural biocides (especially alkaloids) to deter or even kill animals that would eat them. Senecio species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species — see list of Lepidoptera that feed on Senecio. In SerTox we upload a news in Spanish titled: Salad with senecio in Germany to refer a customer who found senecio vulgaris stalks or cane grass in a salad bag. It was inA) 2009;B) 2911;C) 2013.