Asteraceae

Gerbera L.

First published in Opera Var.: 247 (1758)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa to China and Indo-China, Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali).

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Guinea, Hainan, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, 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

Accepted Species

Classification

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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 Iraq

  • C. C. Townsend (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae. Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). Kew Publishing
  • Hansen, H.V. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the genus Gerbera (Compositae, Mutisieae) sections Gerbera, Parva, Piloselloides (in Africa) and Lasiopus. Opera Bot. 78:1–36.
  • Hind, D.J.N. 1992. Typification of Gerbera jamesonii Adlam (Compositae). Kew Bull. 47 (1): 110.
  • L. Opera Varia: 247 (1758)

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:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Rehmann, A. [6113] South Africa K001557932 No
Salter, T.M. [8532A] South Africa K001557929 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [17798] South Africa K001557930 No
s.coll. [8616] K001557934 No
Collett, C.B. [695] K001770482 Yes
Nicholas; Norris [1142] South Africa K001557928 No
Peter, G.A. [30403] South Africa K001557927 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [13567] South Africa K001557926 No
Janaki Ammal, E.K. [1659] Nepal K001556422 No
McCallum, D.A.; Balkwill, K.; Mbatha, H.P. [1266] K001557925 No
Bolus [7611] South Africa K000252182 Neotype Yes
Smith, M.O. [s.n.] South Africa K001557924 No
Watt, G. [6647] India K001556338 No
MacOwan [3242] K001557933 No
Hutchinson, J.; Pillans, N.S. [856] South Africa K001557931 No
Ash [338] Ethiopia Piloselloides K:SPC-06049.391 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0