Gerbera
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Gerbera ( or ) 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. Gerbera is also commonly known as the African daisy. There are also different colors of gerberas.
Gerbera ( or ) 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. Gerbera is also commonly known as the African daisy. There are also different colors of gerberas.
Section Lasiopus (Cass.) Sch.Bip.
Gerbera ambigua Sch.Bip. Gerbera aurantiaca Sch.Bip. — Hilton daisy Gerbera galpinii Klatt — Galpin's gerbera Gerbera jamesonii Bolus — Barberton daisy, Gerbera daisy, Transvaal daisy Gerbera sylvicola Johnson, N.R.Crouch & T.J.Edwards Gerbera viridifolia (DC.) Sch.Bip. — Pink gerbera
Section Pseudoseris (Baill.) Jeffr.
Gerbera bojeri Sch.Bip. — Bojer's gerbera Gerbera diversifolia Humbert Gerbera elliptica Humbert Gerbera emirnensis Baker Gerbera hypochaeridoides Baker Gerbera leandrii Humbert Gerbera perrieri Humbert Gerbera petasitifolia Humbert
Section Parva H.V.Hansen
Gerbera parva N.E.Br. File:Gerbera viridifolia 1DS-II 3-0777.jpg|Gerbera viridifolia File:Gerbera jamesonii (Asteraceae).jpg|Gerbera jamesonii File:Gerbera ambigua.jpg|Gerbera ambigua File:Hilton Daisy.jpg|Gerbera aurantiaca File:Gerbera wrightii 1DS-II 2-4140.jpg|Gerbera wrightii File:Gerbera × hybrida 01.JPG|Gerbera × hybrida File:Orange Gerbera growing in a pot in Calcutta.jpg|Gerbera × hybrida File:Gerbera daisy orange002.jpg|Gerbera × hybrida File:Gerbera pappus 04.jpg| SEM micrograph of Gerbera pappus File:Gerbera pappus 02.jpg| SEM micrograph of beak/rostrum (stalk) that attaches Gerbera pappus to the underlying cypsela (fruit).
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Hansen, Hans V. A taxonomic revision of the genus Gerbera (Compositae, Mutisieae) sections Gerbera, Parva, Piloselloides (in Africa), and Lasiopus (Opera botanica. No. 78; 1985), . Nesom, G .L. 2004. Response to "The Gerbera complex (Asteraceae, Mutisieae): to split or not to split" by Liliana Katinas. Sida 21:941–942. Bremer K. 1994: Asteraceae: cladistics and classification. Timber Press: Portland, Oregon.
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