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Genus: Galinsoga

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid II > Order: Asterales > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe: Heliantheae

The 13 species are native to the Americas. Three species are introduced weeds in southern Africa.  

Species naturalised in southern Africa

List from Plants of southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Galinsoga ciliata

 

Galinsoga parviflora (Gallant Soldier)

Knopkruid [Afrikaans]

See Wild Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 100. and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Galinsoga quadriradiata

Recorded from Zimbabwe. See Flora of Zimbabwe.