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    Gerbera is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family known commonly as gerberas or transvaal daisies. It was named after the German botanist Traugott Gerber and contains over 40 species native to Africa, Asia, and South America. Gerbera species are popular ornamental plants known for their large, colorful flower heads composed of many individual ray florets in shades of yellow, orange, pink, red, and white. They are widely grown as garden plants and cut flowers commercially.

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    Gerbera is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family known commonly as gerberas or transvaal daisies. It was named after the German botanist Traugott Gerber and contains over 40 species native to Africa, Asia, and South America. Gerbera species are popular ornamental plants known for their large, colorful flower heads composed of many individual ray florets in shades of yellow, orange, pink, red, and white. They are widely grown as garden plants and cut flowers commercially.

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    Gerbera

    Gerbera (/ˈdʒɜːrbərə/ or /ˈɡɜːrbərə/) L. is a


    genus of plants in the Asteraceae (daisy
    family). It was named in honour of German
    botanist and medical doctor Traugott
    Gerber[3] | (1710-1743) who travelled
    extensively in Russia and was a friend of
    Carl Linnaeus.[4]
    Gerbera

    A white Gerbera × hybrida

    Scientific classification

    Kingdom: Plantae

    Clade: Angiosperms

    Clade: Eudicots

    Clade: Asterids

    Order: Asterales

    Family: Asteraceae

    Subfamily: Mutisioideae
    Tribe: Mutisieae
    Genus: Gerbera
    L. 1758 non
    Boehmer, 1760
    (Asteraceae) nec
    J.F.Gmel., 1791[1]

    Synonyms[2]

    Gerbera sect. Piloselloïdes Less.


    Lasiopus Cass.
    Piloselloides (Less.) C.Jeffrey ex
    Cufod.
    Berniera DC.
    Atasites Neck.
    Gerbera is native to tropical regions of
    South America, Africa and Asia. 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.

    Gerbera species bear a large capitulum


    with striking, two-lipped ray florets in
    yellow, orange, white, pink or red colours.
    The capitulum, which has the appearance
    of a single flower, is actually composed of
    hundreds of individual flowers. The
    morphology of the flowers varies
    depending on their position in the
    capitulum. The flower heads can be as
    small as 7 cm (Gerbera mini 'Harley') in
    diameter or up to 12 cm (Gerbera ‘Golden
    Serena’).

    Gerbera is very popular and widely used as


    a decorative garden plant or as cut
    flowers. The domesticated cultivars are
    mostly a result of a cross between Gerbera
    jamesonii and another South African
    species Gerbera viridifolia.[5] The cross is
    known as Gerbera hybrida. Thousands of
    cultivars exist. They vary greatly in shape
    and size. Colours include white, yellow,
    orange, red, and pink. The centre of the
    flower is sometimes black. Often the same
    flower can have petals of several different
    colours.

    Gerbera is also important commercially. It


    is the fifth most used cut flower in the
    world (after rose, carnation,
    chrysanthemum, and tulip). It is also used
    as a model organism in studying flower
    formation.

    Gerbera contains naturally occurring


    coumarin derivatives. Gerbera is a tender
    perennial plant. It is attractive to bees,
    butterflies and/or birds, but resistant to
    deer.[6] Their soil should be kept moist but
    not soaked.

    Species[2]
    1. Gerbera ambigua
    2. Gerbera aurantiaca : Hilton daisy
    3. Gerbera bojeri
    4. Gerbera bonatiana
    5. Gerbera connata
    6. Gerbera cordata
    7. Gerbera crocea
    8. Gerbera curvisquama
    9. Gerbera delavayi
    10. Gerbera diversifolia
    11. Gerbera elliptica
    12. Gerbera emirnensis
    13. Gerbera galpinii
    14. Gerbera gossypina
    15. Gerbera hypochaeridoides
    16. Gerbera jamesonii : Barberton daisy,
    gerbera daisy, Transvaal daisy
    17. Gerbera kunzeana
    18. Gerbera latiligulata
    19. Gerbera leandrii
    20. Gerbera leiocarpa
    21. Gerbera leucothrix
    22. Gerbera lijiangensis
    23. Gerbera linnaei
    24. Gerbera macrocephala
    25. Gerbera maxima
    26. Gerbera nepalensis
    27. Gerbera nivea
    28. Gerbera parva
    29. Gerbera perrieri
    30. Gerbera petasitifolia
    31. Gerbera piloselloides
    32. Gerbera pterodonta
    33. Gerbera raphanifolia
    34. Gerbera ruficoma
    35. Gerbera saxatilis
    36. Gerbera serotina
    37. Gerbera serrata
    38. Gerbera tomentosa
    39. Gerbera viridifolia
    40. Gerbera wrightii
    Formerly included[2]

    Numerous species once considered


    members of Gerbera are now regarded as
    more suited to other genera: Chaptalia,
    Leibnitzia, Mairia, Perdicium, Trichocline,
    and Uechtritzia.
    Orange gerbera Daisy

    White Gerbera
    Gerbera viridifolia

    Gerbera jamesonii
    Gerbera × hybrida

    Red Gerbera Daisies


    Gerbera with pink and white ray florets

    Gerbera jamesonii in Orange


    Orange Gerbera in a pot on a sunny
    terrace, Calcutta
    Sepals of daisy

    References
    1. Tropicos search for Gerbera
    2. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae
    Checklist
    3. "Traugott Gerber - Gerbera.org" .
    4. Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–
    607
    5. Isabel Johnson. "Gerbera jamesonii
    Adlam" . Retrieved 22 January 2014.
    6. "Landscape Plants Rated by Deer
    Resistance" . njaes.rutgers.edu.

    Sources

    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), ISBN 87-
    88702-04-9.
    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.

    External links
    Wikimedia Commons has media related to
    Gerbera.

    Gerbera.org —official website of the


    Gerbera Association—established in
    Barberton, South Africa
    Traugott-Gerber-Museum , Germany
    (German)
    Retrieved from
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
    title=Gerbera&oldid=889520235"

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