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Genus: Geigeria

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 > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe: Inuleae

Of the 27 species, 22 are native to southern Africa, the remaining species being found in other parts of Africa.  

Species native to southern Africa

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

Geigeria acaulis

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Geigeria affinis

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Geigeria alata

 

Geigeria aspera

 

Geigeria brachycephala

 

Geigeria brevifolia

 

Geigeria burkei 

Vermeersiektebossie, Vermeerbos [Afrikaans]

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 316; Wild Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 102. and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Geigeria elongata

 

Geigeria englerana

 

Geigeria filifolia

Vermeerbos [Afrikaans]

See Karoo wildflowers by David Shearing & Katryn van Heerden p. 164.

Geigeria nianganensis

 

Geigeria obtusifolia

 

Geigeria odontoptera

 

Geigeria ornativa 

Vermeerbossie, Vermeerbos [Afrikaans], imvane [Xhosa]

See Eastern Cape wild flowers by John Manning, Auriol Batten & Hertha Bokelmann p. 272.

Geigeria otaviensis

 

Geigeria pectidea

 

Geigeria pilifera

 

Geigeria plumosa

 

Geigeria rigida

 

Geigeria schinzii

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Geigeria spinosa

 

Geigeria vigintisquamea

 

Publications

  • Merxmüller, H. 1953. Revision der gattung Geigeria Griesselich.