Asteraceae
Gazania

Gazania rigens (L.) Gaertn.

First published in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 451 (1791)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Northern Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland

Introduced into:

Azores, Baleares, Bolivia, Canary Is., Chatham Is., Corse, France, Great Britain, Italy, Korea, New South Wales, Portugal, Queensland, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Australia, Spain, Victoria, Western Australia, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berry, M. (2022). Adventures and aliens news 27. BSBI News 151: 34-44.
  • Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Urziceanu, M. & al. (2020). Updated list of non-native ornamental plants in Romania. Contributii Botanice Universitatea "Babes-Bolyai" din Cluj-Napoca 55: 59-82.

Flora of Iraq

  • Gaertn., Fruct. 2: 451, t. 173 (1791)
  • Husain & Kasim, Cult. Pl. Iraq: 114 (1975).
  • Roessler, op. cit. 370 (1959)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2014). https://doi.org/10.24310/abm.v39i1. epublication.
  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.3897/italianbotanist.16.115302. epublication.
  • Berry, M. (2022). Adventures and aliens news 27. BSBI News 151: 34-44.
  • Urziceanu, M. & al. (2020). Updated list of non-native ornamental plants in Romania. Contributii Botanice Universitatea "Babes-Bolyai" din Cluj-Napoca 55: 59-82.

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/

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. [6253] South Africa K001790243 Yes
Jan 1, 1958 Burchell, W.J. [4381] South Africa K002585491 Yes
Wane [s.n.] South Africa K002585918 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002585908 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002585912 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002585906 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002585905 Yes
Talbot, H.F. [s.n.] K002585909 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002585914 Yes
Omar, S.; [Sahira] [388] Iraq K002585404 Yes
Thamer; Wedac [875] Iraq K002585402 Yes
Omar, S.; [Sahira] [387] Iraq K002585405 Yes
Hooker [s.n.] K002585915 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002585916 Yes
Batianoff, G.N.; Saltman, S. [940922] Australia K002585413 No
Jones, K.; Jordell [61580] K002585913 Yes
Burchell [6254] South Africa K000307424 Unknown Type Material Yes
Coveny, R.G. [7770] Australia K002585412 No
{C. pin} [s.n.] K002585907 Yes
[Jenan Mokhtar] [35717] Iraq K002585401 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002585904 Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000307421 Type Yes
Keighery, G.J. [6980] Australia K002585411 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002585911 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002585903 Yes
Mathuge, S.G. [82/168] Kenya K002585416 Yes
Burchell [6253] South Africa K000307423 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002585910 Yes
[Sahira] [838] Iraq K002585403 Yes
Batianoff, G.N.; Elsol, J.A. [1364] Australia K002585414 Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000307422 Isotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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