Isotype of Gerbera abyssinicaSch.Bip. [family ASTERACEAE ] Gerbera viridifolia(DC.) Sch.Bip. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Gerbera welwitschii
Gerbera viridifolia
Gerbera kraussii
Gerbera schimperi
Gerbera lasiopus
Gerbera ambigua
Gerbera abyssinica
Flora
Entry for GERBERA abyssinica Schultz Bip. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 253, (1877) Author: (By Prof. Oliver and W. P. Hiern.)
Names
GERBERA abyssinicaSchultz Bip. [family COMPOSITAE], in Herb. Schimp. Abyss. i. n. 193. —A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 458.
Information
Rootstock thick, cottony above. Leaves oval, rounded or mucronate at the apex, obtuse or excavated at the base, sinuous-denticulate, glabrescent above, pubescent below with short curly hairs, membranous, 1 1/2–4 by 2/3–1 1/2 in. besides petiole ranging up to 2 in. long. Scapes solitary or 2–3, ranging to 15 in., naked, more or less shaggy. Capitula 3/4–1 in. long, erect. Involucral bracts narrowly lanceolate, acute, more or less shaggy, not exceeding 1/2 in. long. Ligules much exceeding the involucre. Achenes somewhat hairy, tapering at apex. Pappus subrufous.
