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. |
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Gerbera aurantiaca (Hilton
daisy) See KwaZulu-Natal
wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 82 (plus see hybrid with G. kraussii
p. 446). |
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Gerbera cordata |
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Gerbera crocea |
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Gerbera galpinii |
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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.
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Gerbera linnaei |
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Gerbera natalensis |
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Gerbera parva |
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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. |
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Gerbera serrata |
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Gerbera tomentosa
Tontelblaarbossie [Afrikaans] See Hottentots
Holland to Hermanus wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 198. |
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Gerbera viridifolia
Wild
Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan
p. 42, 192. and
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Gerbera wrightii |
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Publications
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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.
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