Gerbera L.
Distribution
Native to:
Angola, Assam, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Hainan, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Benin, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Jawa, Korea, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Panamá, Réunion, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is.
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Aphyllocaulon Lag. in Amen. Nat. Españ. 1: 38 (1811)
- Atasites Neck. in Elem. Bot. 1: 7 (1790), not validly publ.
- Epiclinastrum Bojer ex DC. in Prodr. 7: 18 (1838)
- Idicium Neck. in Elem. Bot. 1: 28 (1790), not validly publ.
- Lasiopus Cass. in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1817: 152 (1817)
- Leptica E.Mey. ex DC. in Prodr. 7: 16 (1838), not validly publ.
- Piloselloides (Less.) C.Jeffrey in Kew Bull. 21: 214 (1967)
- Pseudoseris Baill. in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 282 (1881)
Accepted Species
- Gerbera ambigua (Cass.) Sch.Bip.
- Gerbera aurantiaca Sch.Bip.
- Gerbera bojeri Sch.Bip.
- Gerbera cordata (Thunb.) Less.
- Gerbera crocea Kuntze
- Gerbera diversifolia Humbert
- Gerbera elliptica Humbert
- Gerbera emirnensis Baker
- Gerbera galpinii Klatt
- Gerbera grandis J.C.Manning & Simka
- Gerbera hypochaeridoides Baker
- Gerbera jamesonii Adlam
- Gerbera leandrii Humbert
- Gerbera linnaei Cass.
- Gerbera ovata J.C.Manning & Simka
- Gerbera parva N.E.Br.
- Gerbera perrieri Humbert
- Gerbera petasitifolia Humbert
- Gerbera piloselloides (L.) Cass.
- Gerbera serrata Druce
- Gerbera sylvicola Johnson, N.R.Crouch & T.J.Edwards
- Gerbera tomentosa DC.
- Gerbera viridifolia (DC.) Sch.Bip.
- Gerbera wrightii Harv.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.12705/653.7. epublication.
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 488 (1954)
- F.T.A. 3: 445
- Taxon 9: 160 (1960).Nom. cons.
- in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1817: 34
Flora Zambesiaca
- C. Jeffrey in Kew Bull. 21: 211 (1967).
- H.V. Hansen in Opera Bot. 78: 5–36 (1985).
- Hilliard, Compos. Natal: 586 (1977).
- Opera Var.: 247 (1758) nom. conserv.
- Wild in Kirkia 8: 202 (1972).
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
- Hansen in Opera Bot. 78: 1–36 (1985).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- C. Jeffrey in K.B. 21: 211 (1967)
- H.V. Hansen in Nordic J. Bot. 5: 451-453 (1985)
- H.V. Hansen in Nordic J. Bot. 8: 61 (1988)
- H.V. Hansen in Opera Bot. 78: 1–36 (1985)
- K. Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.: 100 (1994), nom. conserv.
- Opera Varia: 247 (1758)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0