Osteospermum

Genus: Osteospermum

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About 45 species, native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, with 40 species found in southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Osteospermum acanthospermum Onkruidbietou [Afrikaans] See Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 186.
Osteospermum aciphyllum
Osteospermum armatum
Osteospermum asperulum
Osteospermum attenuatum See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 332.
Osteospermum australe
Osteospermum bidens
Osteospermum bolusii
Osteospermum burttianum
Osteospermum ciliatum
Osteospermum corymbosum
Osteospermum elsieae
Osteospermum glabrum
Osteospermum grandidentatum (Yellow Trailing Daisy) uqoboquba [Xhosa, Zulu]; umadinsane [Zulu] See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 332.
Osteospermum grandiflorum Muishondbos, Stinkbietou [Afrikaans] See Namaqualand wildflowers (revised ed.) by Annelise le Roux & Ted Schelpe p. 186; Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 186.
Osteospermum hafstroemii
Osteospermum herbaceum
Osteospermum hirsutum
Osteospermum hispidum
Osteospermum imbricatum inkhupuhlana, umasigcolo [Zulu] See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 332.
Osteospermum junceum
Osteospermum karrooicum
Osteospermum lanceolatum
Osteospermum leptolobum
Osteospermum microphyllum Wolfolie [Afrikaans] See Karoo wildflowers by David Shearing & Katryn van Heerden p. 166.
Osteospermum montanum
Osteospermum muricatum See Wild Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 102. and Flora of Zimbabwe.
Osteospermum pinnatum Jackalsbos [Afrikaans] See Namaqualand wildflowers (revised ed.) by Annelise le Roux & Ted Schelpe p. 186; Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 188.
Osteospermum polygaloides See Eastern Cape wild flowers by John Manning, Auriol Batten & Hertha Bokelmann p. 274.
Osteospermum potbergense
Osteospermum pterigoideum
Osteospermum pyrifolium
Osteospermum rigidum Karoo'tjie [Afrikaans] See Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 228.
Osteospermum rotundifolium See Hottentots Holland to Hermanus wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 196.
Osteospermum spinescens Rivierdraaibos [Afrikaans] See Karoo wildflowers by David Shearing & Katryn van Heerden p. 166.
Osteospermum spinosum
Osteospermum striatum
Osteospermum subulatum See Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 248.
Osteospermum thodei
Osteospermum triquetrum

Publications

Norlindh, T. 1943. Studies in the Calenduleae. 1. Monograph of the genera Dimorphotheca, Castalis, Osteospermum, Gibbaria and Chrysanthemoides. Gleerup, Lund.
Norlindh, T. 1954. Further contributions to the genus Osteospermum. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 48(1): 148-154.
Norlindh, T. 1960. Additions to the monograph on Osteospermum. Botaniska Notiser 113: 385-399.