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Gerbera viridifolia

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Name

Identification
Gerbera speciosa S.Moore [family ASTERACEAE ] Gerbera viridifolia (DC.) Sch.Bip. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hansen,H.V.,
Related name
  • Gerbera burchellii
  • Gerbera plantaginea
  • Gerbera viridifolia
  • Gerbera speciosa
  • Gerbera natalensis
  • Lasiopus viridifolius
  • Gerbera abyssiniea
  • Gerbera abyssinica

Flora

Entry for GERBERA viridifolia Sch. Bip. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 44, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
GERBERA viridifolia Sch. Bip. [family COMPOSITAE]
Lasiopus viridifolius DC. [family ], ! l. c. 19.
Gerbera Natalensis Sch. [family COMPOSITAE], ! Bip. Bot. Zeit. xxvii. p. 778.
Information
leaves short-petioled, subcoriaceous, elliptical or oblong, obtuse, slightly tapering at base, entire or denticulate, soon glabrous above, either quite glabrous or thinly pilose beneath, on both sides green; inv. sc. subglabrous; marginal achenes hispidulous; pappus fulvous. Crown of root very copiously silky. Petioles 1–2 in. long; lamina 1 1/2–2 1/2 inches wide. Rays “white above, red beneath” (M.E.B.). I have examined Krauss's original specimen in Hb. D. of “ G. Natalensis ,” Sch. B., and find it a “ Lasiopus; ” in other respects it agrees with the pilose forms of G. viridifolia. I have not seen ripe achenes; ovaries of the disc nearly glabrous; of the marg. fem. fl. hispidulous.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Keiskamma; Buffel R.; Klipplaat R.; and Zwartekey, Drege! Tambukiland, E. & Z.! Cooper! 173. Albany, T. Williamson! Grahamstown, P. Mac Owan! 56; Genl. Bolton! Cradock, Burke! Near Shiloh, Queenstown, Mrs. F. W. Barber! 318. Natal, Krauss! 452; Gueinzius! 338. Near Maritzberg, Dr. Sutherland! (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.)

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