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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.
Gerbera (/ ˈ dʒ ɜːr b ər ə / JUR-bər-ə or / ˈ ɡ ɜːr b ər ə / GUR-bər-ə) L. is a genus of plants in the Asteraceae (Compositae) family. The first scientific description of a Gerbera was made by J. D. Hooker in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1889 when he described Gerbera jamesonii, a South African species also known as Transvaal daisy or Barberton daisy.
Botanical Name: Gerbera jamesonii Plant Family: Asteraceae Type of Plant: Annual, or perennial in USDA zones 8 to 10 Native Origin: Africa Sun Exposure: Part sun Mature Size: 1 foot tall and wide
This is a list of diseases of the African daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) plant Bacterial diseases. Bacterial diseases; Bacterial leaf spot Pseudomonas cichorii:
The Mutisioideae are a subfamily in the plant family Asteraceae that includes about 630 species assigned to 44 different genera. This subfamily is mainly native in South America, except for Adenocaulon, Chaptalia, Gerbera, Trichocline, which have species in all continents other than Europe and Antarctica.
A popular flowering plant, the Barberton daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) was discovered here in 1889 by Robert Jameson. An area south-west of town was the site of one of the more than forty concentration camps built by the British during the Second Boer War to house Boer women and children. [9]
Asteraceae species are generally easy to distinguish from other plants because of their unique inflorescence and other shared characteristics, such as the joined anthers of the stamens. [7] Nonetheless, determining genera and species of some groups such as Hieracium is notoriously difficult (see " damned yellow composite " for example).
Arnica / ˈ ɑːr n ɪ k ə / is a genus of perennial, herbaceous plants in the sunflower family ().The genus name Arnica may be derived from the Greek arni, "lamb", in reference to the plants' soft, hairy leaves.