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Genus: Gerbera (Barberton daisy genus)

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There are about 30 species, native to Africa, Madagascar and Asia. In southern Africa there are 14 native species.  

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Gerbera ambigua (Pink and white gerbera)

Botterblom, Griekwateebossie [Afrikaans]; moarubetso, ripa-lithaate, seboka [South Sotho]; ucabazane, uhlamvuhloshane, ulimi-lwenkomo [Zulu]

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 220; Wild Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 102; Eastern Cape wild flowers by John Manning, Auriol Batten & Hertha Bokelmann p. 278. and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Gerbera aurantiaca (Hilton daisy)

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 82 (plus see hybrid with G. kraussii p. 446).

Gerbera cordata

 

Gerbera crocea

 

Gerbera galpinii

 

Gerbera jamesonii (Barberton daisy)

Barbertonse Madeliefie, Rooigousblom [Afrikaans]

See Transvaal Lowveld and escarpment wild flowers by Jo Onderstall p. 204; Creative gardening with indigenous plants. A South African Guide by Pitta Joffe p. 257.

Gerbera jamesonii

Gerbera linnaei

 

Gerbera natalensis

 

Gerbera parva

 

Gerbera piloselloides (Small yellow gerbera)

Swartteebossie [Afrikaans]; moarubetso, mothuntsetso, tsebe-ea-pela [South Sotho]; mabophe [Swazi]; ubulawu, umqwashu [Xhosa]; indlebeyempithi, uhlango olimpofu, umoya-wezwe [Zulu]

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 220; Wild Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 42; Eastern Cape wild flowers by John Manning, Auriol Batten & Hertha Bokelmann p. 280. and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Gerbera serrata

 

Gerbera tomentosa

Tontelblaarbossie [Afrikaans]

See Hottentots Holland to Hermanus wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 198.

Gerbera viridifolia

Wild Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 42, 192. and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Gerbera wrightii

 

Publications

  • Hansen, H.V. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the genus Gerbera (Compositae, Mutisieae) sections Gerbera, Parva, Piloselloides (in Africa) and Lasiopus. Opera Botanica 78: 5-36.