Asteraceae
Gerbera

Gerbera ambigua (Cass.) Sch.Bip.

First published in Flora 27: 780 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 21: 218 (1967).
  • G.V. Pope in Flora Zambesiaca 6: 47 (1992).
  • H.V. Hansen in Opera Bot. 78: 29 (1985).
  • Hilliard, Comp. Natal: 591 (1977) pro parte, quoad typum et syn. G. discolor Harv.
  • Lisowski, Aster. Fl. Afr. Centr. 1: 559, fig. 114 G (1991).
  • Maquet in Fl. Rwanda 3: 679 (1985).
  • Sch. Bip. in Flora 27: 780 (1844).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 1986 Gossweiler, J. [1158] Angola K001307206 No
Jun 1, 1986 Gossweiler, J. [1190] Angola K001307217 No
Jun 1, 1986 Gossweiler, J. [1177] Angola K001307216 No
Scheepers, J.C. [718] South Africa K001557827 No
Zeyher [1033] South Africa K000252099 Paratype Yes
Zeyher [1033] South Africa K000252098 Type Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1919] Zimbabwe K001557478 No
Balkwill, K.; Williamson, S.; Smith, S. [9739] South Africa K001557857 No
Sanderson, J. [259] South Africa K001557812 No
Welweitsch [3603] Angola K000252124 Type Yes
Baur, R. [304] South Africa K000252101 Unknown Type Material Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [20956] South Africa K001557833 No
Galpin, E.E. [12257] South Africa K001557829 No
s.n. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001770002 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [22616] Malawi K001557410 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [17875] South Africa K001557897 No
s.coll. [849] South Africa K001557917 No
Bacon, A.L. [6773] Zimbabwe K001557476 No
Haarer, A.E. [1593] Tanzania K001557246 No
Smuts, J.C. [26] South Africa K001557799 No
Ledger, W.E. [s.n.] South Africa K001557843 No
Wylie, J. [s.n.] South Africa K001557891 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [18460] South Africa K001557847 No
Codd, L.E.W. [4715] South Africa K001557807 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [7792] Tanzania K001557248 No
[CBS] [s.n.] South Africa K001557920 No
Bolnick, D. [470] Mozambique K001557400 No
van der Merwe, W.J. [53] South Africa K001557809 No
Gerrard, W.T. [174] South Africa K000252106 Unknown Type Material Yes
Galpin, E.E. [13309] South Africa K001557853 No
Rudatis, H. [752] South Africa K001557877 No
Sidey, J.L. [[R]11] South Africa K001557817 No
Morris, D. [42] South Africa K001557838 No
Bidgood, G.S.; Sitoni, D.; Vollesen, K.B.; Whitehouse, C. [3396] Tanzania K001557244 No
Harvey, W.H.; C.B.S. [s.n.] South Africa K001557916 No
de Koning, J. [7293] Mozambique K001557401 No
Marloth, R. [4183] South Africa K001557883 No
Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Malawi K001557416 No
Corby, H.D.L. [10] Zimbabwe K001557472 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [8657] Tanzania K001557242 No
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K001557414 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [7170] South Africa K001557867 No
Compton, R.H. [29141] Eswatini K001557914 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [9160] South Africa K001557890 No
Chapman, J.D.; Chapman, E.G. [8201] Malawi K001557411 No
Dyer, R.A. [3490] South Africa K001557878 No
Haygarth, W.J.; Wood, J.M. [11377] South Africa K001557884 No
Pawek, J. [3022] Malawi K001557426 No
Hutchinson, J.; Smuts (Gen.) [2218] South Africa K001557815 No
Galpin, E.E. [13540] South Africa K001557896 No
Gillett, J.B. [3134] South Africa K001557845 No
Mavi, S. [677] Zimbabwe K001557482 No
Plowes, D.C.H. [2818] Zimbabwe K001557481 No
Chapman, J.D. [H/684] Malawi K001557420 No
Mogg, A.O.D. [31022] South Africa K001557831 No
Kitching, L. [s.n.] South Africa K000252103 Type Yes
Rogers, F.A. [21915] South Africa K001557819 No
Theron, G.C. [2110] South Africa K001557907 No
Codd, L.E.W.; de Winter, B. [3071] South Africa K001557830 No
Plant, R.W. [37] South Africa K001557882 No
Welweitsch [3599] Angola K000252122 Paratype Yes
Lewis, J.H. [5774] South Africa K001557825 No
Drege South Africa K000252102 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brown; Shapiro [443] South Africa K001557869 No
Germishuizen, G. [3496] South Africa K001557836 No
Devenish, N.J. [1911] South Africa K001557855 No
Phillipson, P.B. [1545] South Africa K001557909 No
Bullock, A.A. [3299] Tanzania K001557243 No
Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.D. [1216] South Africa K001557893 No
Long, F.R. [41] South Africa K001557900 No
Pawek, J. [3290] Malawi K001557427 No
Rudatis, H. [293] South Africa K000252104 Type Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [6861] South Africa K001557871 No
Wilms, F. [2079] South Africa K001557879 No
Codd, L.E.W. [4778] South Africa K001557800 No
Devenish, N.J. [1938] South Africa K001557860 No
s.n. [61] Zimbabwe K001557433 No
Balkwill, K.; Williamson, S.; Smith, S. [9885] South Africa K001557820 No
Moll, E.J. [2499] South Africa K001557894 No
Rogers, F.A. [8327] Zambia K001557431 No
Brummitt, R.K. [12468] Eswatini K001557910 No
Philcox, D.; Pope, G.; Chisumpa, S.M. [10015] Malawi K001557405 No
Venter, S. [1085] South Africa K001557851 No
Venter, F.; Vorster, P. [138] South Africa K001557903 No
Schlieben, H.J. [7074] South Africa K001557826 No
Johnson, S.M. [698] South Africa K001557898 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [4367] Malawi K001557409 No
Johnson, S.M. [765] South Africa K001557902 No
Pienaar, B.J. [745] South Africa K001557837 No
Rogers, F.A. [19034] South Africa K001557813 No
Lewis, W.H. [6258] Zimbabwe K001557474 No
Balkwill, K. [13352] South Africa K001557802 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [16863] South Africa K001557859 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [10257] South Africa K001557874 No
Mogg, A.O.D. [5853] South Africa K001557876 No
Hutchinson, J.; Evans, P. [2455] South Africa K001557816 No
Elan-Puttick, D. [60] South Africa K001557849 No
Welweitsch [3601] Angola K000252123 Type No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [21517] Zambia K001557429 No
Davy, J.B. [584] South Africa K001557824 No
Pott, R. [s.n.] South Africa K001557822 No
Pooley, E.S. [1733] South Africa K001557856 No
Sanderson, J. [53] South Africa K001557881 No
Hutchinson, J. [2711] South Africa K001557844 No
Venter, F. [875] South Africa K001557905 No
Baum, H. [641] Angola K000252120 Type Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [9702] South Africa K001557806 No
Brummitt, R.K. [9721] Malawi K001557413 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [7411] South Africa K001557887 No
Geilinger [2612] Tanzania K001557247 No
Van der Merwe, P. [330] South Africa K001557846 No
Thorncroft, G. [411270] South Africa K001557804 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [9134] South Africa K001557848 No
Moriarty, A. [430] Malawi K001557406 No
Zeyher; Wallich [1032] South Africa K001557915 No
Goodier, R.; Phipps, J.B. [276] Zimbabwe K001557477 No
Galpin, E.E. [133144] South Africa K001557805 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [7017] South Africa K001557875 No
MacOwan, P. [56] South Africa K001557922 No
Pawek, J. [3801] Malawi K001557419 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [9218] South Africa K001557888 No
MacOwan [s.n.] South Africa K001557919 No
DE Villiers, C.E.E. [96] South Africa K001557852 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [4559] Malawi K001557412 No
Jackson, G. [1927] Malawi K001557417 No
Rogers, F.A. [4033] Zimbabwe K001557480 No
Galpin, E.E. [540] South Africa K001557814 No
Rogers, F.A. [25089] South Africa K001557803 No
Pole-Evans, I.B. [H13196] South Africa K001557841 No
Gillett, J.B. [3209] South Africa K001557828 No
Wright, F.B. [1546] South Africa K001557861 No
Rehmann, A. [4460] South Africa K001557842 No
Goldsmith, B. [130/68] Zimbabwe K001557483 No
Elan-Puttick, D. [57] South Africa K001557850 No
Prior, J. [51] Eswatini K001557911 No
Repton, J.E. [5756] South Africa K001557832 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [16831] South Africa K001557886 No
Wild, H. [1415] Zimbabwe K001557435 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [22617] Malawi K001557407 No
Hutchinson, J. [4691] South Africa K001557892 No
Mutimushi, J.M. [2354] Zambia K001557430 No
Sousa, G. [453] Mozambique K001557402 No
Hutchinson, J.; Gillett, J.B. [4338] South Africa K001557818 No
Long, F.R. [735] South Africa K001557899 No
Woods, J.M. [4010] South Africa K000252105 Holotype Yes
[CBS] [s.n.] South Africa K001557921 No
Wiehe, P.O. [N/321] Malawi K001557422 No
Brain, C.K. [3464] Zimbabwe K001557471 No
Eyles, F. [8880] Zimbabwe K001557437 No
Sidey, J.L. [3975] South Africa K001557858 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [11680] Tanzania K001557241 No
Pegler, A.M. [1400] South Africa K001557808 No
Galpin, E.E. [12257] South Africa K001557823 No
Strey, R.G. [6839] South Africa K001557895 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [17813] South Africa K001557872 No
Clounie, M.; Johnston, H.H. [18] K000252125 Unknown Type Material Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [20301] South Africa K001557906 No
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K001557418 No
Wilms, F. [77a] South Africa K001557821 No
Grosvenor, R.K. [224] Mozambique K001557403 No
Compton, R.H. [28850] Eswatini K001557912 No
Verdoorn, I.C. [s.n.] South Africa K001557835 No
Miller, O.B. [2035] Zimbabwe K001557475 No
Stolz, A. [2256] Tanzania K001557249 No
Wood, J.M. [209] South Africa K001557811 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [6912] South Africa K001557889 No
Long, F.R. [42] South Africa K001557901 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [9382] South Africa K001557870 No
Cooper, T. [2551] South Africa K001557918 No
Moriarty, A. [715] Malawi K001557421 No
Gilliland, H.B. [857] Zimbabwe K001557479 No
Drege South Africa K000252100 Unknown Type Material Yes
Verdoorn, I.C. [1671] Eswatini K001557913 No
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [190] Zimbabwe K001557484 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [7401] South Africa K001557873 No
Buchanan, J. [992] Malawi K000252126 Type Yes
Strey, R.G. [4387] South Africa K001557865 No
{Dr. Em. Holub} [s.n.] South Africa K001557839 No
Brummitt, R.K.; Munthali, D.C.; Synge, A.H.M. [WC158] Malawi K001557423 No
Strey, R.G. [SKF 887] South Africa K001557834 No
Jenkins, T.J. [7203] South Africa K001557840 No
Hutchinson, J. [4512] South Africa K001557885 No
Chase, N.C. [6375] Zimbabwe K001557436 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [7389] South Africa K001557908 No
Balkwill, K.; Poriazis, T.L.; Masilo, L. [12289] South Africa K001557862 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [13000] Tanzania K001557240 No
Trapnell, C.G. [563] South Africa K001557801 No
Brummitt, R.K.; Pawek, J. [11068] Malawi K001557428 No
Venter, F.; Vorster, P. [106] South Africa K001557904 No
Drummond, R.B. [4886] Zimbabwe K001557432 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [22432] Malawi K001557425 No
Muller, D.B. [1045] South Africa K001557923 No
Retief, E. [235] South Africa K001557863 No
[A. Marques] [2473] Mozambique K001557404 No
Chase, N.C. [6704] Mozambique K001557399 No
Pawek [4637] Malawi K001557424 No
Krauss [402] South Africa K000252108 Type Yes
Krauss [402] South Africa K000252107 Type Yes
Ross, J.H. [2054] South Africa K001557864 No
Rudatis, H. [748] South Africa K001557880 No
Eyles, F. [886] Zimbabwe K001557434 No
Rogers, F.A. [25089] South Africa K001557810 No
Tinley, K.L. [593] South Africa K001557854 No
Phillips, E. [3580] Malawi K001557408 No
Welweitsch [3602] Angola K000252121 Type No
Pope, G.; Smith, A.R.; Goyder, D.J. [2274] Malawi K001557415 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [6892] South Africa K001557868 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [7494] Tanzania K001557245 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [7891] South Africa K001557866 No
Faulkner, H.G. [4482] Angola Gerbera welwitschii K001557485 No
Henriques, C. [600] Angola Gerbera welwitschii K001557486 No

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