Asteraceae
Gazania

Gazania linearis (Thunb.) Druce

First published in Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4(Suppl. 2): 624 (1916 publ. 1917)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as a medicine and has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal

Introduced into:

California, Ethiopia, Italy, Korea, New Mexico, South Australia, Spain, Tasmania, Tunisia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Beentje, H. (2010). The Kew Plant Glossary. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hutchinson, J. (1934). Gazania linearis. Curtis's Bot. Mag. 157(2): t. 9354
  • The Plant List (2010). Gazania linearis.
  • Wilford, R. (2010). Alpines from Mountain to Garden. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J. M. (1883). Gazania linearis. Gard. Chron. Ser. 2, 20:471

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2019). https://doi.org/10.3897/italianbotanist.8.48621. epublication.
  • (2022). https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.73688. epublication.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1958 Burchell, W.J. [4100] South Africa K001790240 Yes
Jan 1, 1958 Burchell, W.J. [3977] South Africa K001732780 Yes
Jan 1, 1958 Bowker [s.n.] South Africa K000307417 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1958 Drège [s.n.] South Africa K002585557 Yes
Fourcade, H.G. [2441] South Africa K002585569 Yes
Fourcade, H.G. [2448] South Africa K002585552 Yes
Hutter [s.n.] K002585547 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002585543 Yes
Marsh, J.A. [586] South Africa K002585538 Yes
Gerrard [s.n.] South Africa K001732777 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [1556] South Africa K001732779 Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [657] South Africa K002585548 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002585559 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002585897 No
Bolus, H. [10163] South Africa K002585544 Yes
Strey, R.G. [9961] South Africa K002585545 Yes
Muyt, A. [2] Australia K002585408 Yes
Ross, J.H. [2153] South Africa K002585556 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002585893 Yes
Balfour [s.n.] K002585896 No
Thom [586] K002585900 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002585901 Yes
Long, F.R. [47] South Africa K002585553 Yes
Baur, R. [26] South Africa K001732776 Yes
Wolley Dod, A.H. [1835] South Africa K002585563 Yes
Tyson, W.; Bolus [1074] South Africa K001732775 Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [651] South Africa K002585549 Yes
Williams [32] Lesotho K002585541 Yes
Phillips, E.P. [s.n.] South Africa K002585562 Yes
Ryder, E.F. [100] South Africa K002585554 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002585898 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [1342] South Africa K002585567 Yes
{Mrs. E. F. Ryder} [59] South Africa K002585566 Yes
Long, F.R. [525] South Africa K002585564 Yes
Cooper, T. [2560] South Africa K002585551 Yes
Arnold, T.H. [584] South Africa K002585555 Yes
Rehmann, A. [7481] South Africa K001732778 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002585899 Yes
Lepschi, B.J.; Lally, T.R. [BJL2697] Australia K002585410 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002585894 Yes
Burkc [s.n.] South Africa K002585542 Yes
Baur, R. [26] South Africa K001732781 Yes
Wright, F.B. [1082] South Africa K002585539 Yes
Baur, R. [999] South Africa K002585565 Yes
Parker [2525/17] K002585892 Yes
Lepschi, B.J.; Lally, T.R. [1907] Australia K002585409 Yes
Fries, T.C.E.; Norlindh, N.T.; Weimarck, H. [740] South Africa K002585540 Yes
Cooper, T. [2554] South Africa K002585546 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002585560 Yes
Phillips, E.P. [s.n.] South Africa K002585561 Yes
Fourcade, H.G. [2448] K002585570 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002585895 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [48456] India K002585407 No
Wilms, F. [2104] South Africa K002585571 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002585558 Yes
Long, F.R. [45] South Africa K002585568 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0