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Euasterid II > Family: Asteraceae
Seven genera and 51 species are native to southern
Africa, with one species cultivated in the region.
Genera native to southern Africa
(based on Herman et al. 2000)
Dicoma
Total of 35 species, native to tropical and southern Africa, Madagascar,
Sokotra and India. There are 18 species in southern Africa.
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Erythrocephalum
The 12 species are native to Africa, with three species occurring in
southern Africa.
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Gerbera
(Barberton daisy genus)
There are about 30 species, native to Africa, Madagascar and Asia. In
southern Africa there are 14 native species.
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Macledium
Eight species native to southern
Africa.
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Oldenburgia
The four species are endemic to the southern parts of the Western and Eastern
Cape.
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Perdicium
There are two species, both endemic to the Western Cape.
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Pleiotaxis
The 26 species are native to tropical Africa with two found in southern
Africa.
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Other genera, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Mutisia
One unidentified species cultivated.
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Publications
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Herman, P.P.J., Retief, E., Koekemoer, M.
& Welman, W.G. 2000. Asteraceae (Compositae). In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 101-170.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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