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Gerbera jamesonii

Gerbera jamesonii
Gerbera jamesonii from Mpumalanga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Gerbera
Species:
G. jamesonii
Binomial name
Gerbera jamesonii
Bolus ex Hooker f. (1889)

Gerbera jamesonii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Gerbera belonging to the basal Mutisieae tribe within the large Asteraceae (or Compositae) family.[1] It is indigenous to South Eastern Africa and commonly known as the Barberton daisy,[2] the Transvaal daisy, and as Barbertonse madeliefie or Rooigousblom in Afrikaans. It was the first species of Gerbera to be the subject of a scientific description, studied by J. D. Hooker in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1889.

  1. ^ "Gerbera jamesonii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 7, 2007.
  2. ^ Siyabona Africa http://www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_barberton_daisy.html

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