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Tribe: Mutisieae Life
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Euasterid II > Family: Asteraceae
Seven genera and 51 species are native to southern
Africa, with one species cultivated in the region.
Genera native to southern Africa
(based on Herman et al. 2000)
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Dicoma
Total of 35 species, native to tropical and southern Africa, Madagascar,
Sokotra and India. There are 18 species in southern Africa.
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Erythrocephalum
The 12 species are native to Africa, with three species occurring in
southern Africa.
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Gerbera
(Barberton daisy genus)
There are about 30 species, native to Africa, Madagascar and Asia. In
southern Africa there are 14 native species.
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Macledium
Eight species native to southern
Africa.
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Oldenburgia
The four species are endemic to the southern parts of the Western and Eastern
Cape.
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Perdicium
There are two species, both endemic to the Western Cape.
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Pleiotaxis
The 26 species are native to tropical Africa with two found in southern
Africa.
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Other genera, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
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Mutisia
One unidentified species cultivated.
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Publications
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Herman, P.P.J., Retief, E., Koekemoer, M.
& Welman, W.G. 2000. Asteraceae (Compositae). In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 101-170.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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