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Identification
Gerbera ambigua (Cass.) Sch.Bip. [family ASTERACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for GERBERA viridifolia subsp. viridifolia [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, Part 1, page 1, (2000) Author: H. J. Beentje, M.Sc., Ph.D., F.L.S.
Names
GERBERA viridifolia subsp. viridifolia [family COMPOSITAE]
Lasiopus viridifolius DC. [family ], Prodr. 7: 19 (1838)
Gerbera abyssinica Sch. Bip. [family COMPOSITAE], in Flora 27: 779 (1844); Oliv. & Hiern in F.T.A. 3: 445 (1877); W.F.K.: 80 (1948); F.P.U.: 184 (1962), rev. ed.: 184 (1971). Type: Ethiopia, Scholoda Mts, Schimper 193 (P, holo., BM!, BR!, G, HBK, K!, LE!, LG, MO, S, W, Z, iso.)
Perdicium abyssinicum (Sch. Bip.) Hiern [family COMPOSITAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1: 615 (1898) quoad typum solum.
Gerbera lasiopus Baker [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. (1898): 156 (1899). Type: Malawi, Misuku [Musuko] Plateau, Whyte (?K, holo., not traced)
Gerbera ambigua [family COMPOSITAE], [sensu Hilliard, Comp. Natal: 591 (1977) pro parte & sensu Troupin, Fl. Rwanda Spermat. 3: 679, fig. 214. 1 A–C (1985), non (Cass.) Sch. Bip.]
Range
DISTR. U 1–4; K 1–6; T 1–8 south tropical and South Africa
Altitude range
850–2750 m
Distribution
KENYA Turkana District Murua Nysigar [Moruassigar], 14 Feb. 1965, Newbould 7078!KENYA Ravine District Nakuru to Eldoret road, approaching Equator, 29 Apr. 1961, Polhill 397!KENYA Narok District Kipleleo Hill, 26 Nov. 1961, Glover et al. 2655!TANZANIA Mbulu District Pienaar’s Heights, S of Babati, Bereku Forest Reserve, 24 Oct. 1987, Pócs 87/217f!TANZANIA Ufipa District Sumbawanga/Mbizi road, 25 Nov. 1958, Napper 1115!TANZANIA Songea District Matengo Hills, Lupembe Hill, 11 Jan. 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 8210!UGANDA Bunyoro District Kisaru, Feb. 1943, Purseglove 1254!UGANDA Teso District Serere, Apr. 1932, Chandler 655!UGANDA Mengo District Kyadondo County, Mbuya Hill, 3 Aug. 1969, Rwaburindore 80!
Distribution (external)
; Cameroon
Sudan
Ethiopia
Somalia
Congo (Kinshasa)
Burundi
Notes
The other subspecies, subsp. natalensis (Sch. Bip.) H.V. Hansen, which differs in its more tuberous roots, precocious flowering and long-villous young leaves and scapes, is confined to Swaziland and South Africa.

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