About Barberton Daisy
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. It is indigenous to South Eastern Africa and commonly known as the Barberton daisy, the Transvaal daisy, and as Barbertonse madeliefie or Rooigousblom in Afrikaans. It was the first species of Gerbera to be the subject of a scientific description, studied by J. D. Hooker in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1889.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Gerbera jamesonii
- Genus
- Gerbera
- Family
- ASTERACEAE
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Barberton Daisy belongs to the Asteraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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