View source for Gazania ← Gazania You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Gazania |accepted_authority=Gaertner |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Fruct. Sem. Pl. |place=2: 451, plate 173, fig. 2. 1791 |year=1791 }} |common_names=Treasure-flower |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Arctotideae;Gazania |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Arctotideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Gazania]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek gaza, riches or royal treasure, alluding to splendor of flowers; or for Theodorus of Gaza (1398–1478), who translated the works of Theophrastus |volume=Volume 19 |mention_page=page 48, 195 |treatment_page=page 196 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism atypical some measurement;whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration"><b>Perennials </b>[annuals, shrubs], [5–] 10–35 cm (often cespitose, not prickly, sometimes with milky sap).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation"><b>Stems </b>usually erect (often ± congested; rootstocks often woody).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>usually mostly basal, sometimes cauline as well;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf architecture;leaf architecture">petiolate or sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;margin shape;margin shape;abaxial face pubescence;adaxial face pubescence;adaxial face pubescence;adaxial face pubescence">blades linear to lanceolate, spatulate or oblanceolate, margins entire or pinnately lobed, abaxial faces white-woolly, adaxial usually glabrate or glabrous, sometimes arachnose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre shape;involucre shape;involucre shape;involucre shape;involucre diameter;involucre diameter"><b>Involucres </b>± campanulate, turbinate, or cylindric, [5–] 10–15+ mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="phyllary fusion;phyllary lengths;series quantity;margin texture;apex shape;abaxial face pubescence"><b>Phyllaries </b>in 2–4 series, connate 1/2–3/4 their lengths, margins ± scarious, apices acute, abaxial faces glabrous [arachnose to tomentose].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="receptacle shape;receptacle shape;receptacle relief"><b>Receptacles </b>conic or convex, deeply alveolate (pits enclosing cypselae, their margins often ciliate).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="ray-floret architecture"><b>Ray-</b>florets neuter;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;lamina architecture;lamina shape">corollas yellow, orange, or red to maroon (usually each with darker abaxial stripe and a darker adaxial spot or blotch near base), laminae 5-veined, 4-toothed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="disc-floret reproduction;disc-floret reproduction"><b>Disc-</b>florets bisexual, fertile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="corolla coloration">corollas yellow to orange.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="cypsela shape;rib presence;face pubescence"><b>Cypselae </b>obovoid, ribs 0, faces villous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="scale atypical quantity;scale quantity;scale shape;series quantity">pappi persistent, of 7–8 [–12+], lanceolate to subulate-aristate scales in 2 series (± hidden by hairs on cypselae).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="pappus duration;x chromosome quantity">x = 9.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=South Africa;Namibia;tropical East Africa;cultivated and/or elsewhere |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species ca. 20 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Gazania |author=Alison McKenzie Mahoney |authority=Gaertner |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Asteraceae |distribution=South Africa;Namibia;tropical East Africa;cultivated and/or elsewhere |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Fruct. Sem. Pl. |publication year=1791 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V19-20-21/V19_229.xml |tribe=Asteraceae tribe Arctotideae |genus=Gazania |abaxial face pubescence=glabrous;white-woolly |adaxial face pubescence=arachnose;glabrous;glabrate |apex shape=acute |blade shape=linear;lanceolate spatulate or oblanceolate |corolla coloration=yellow;orange |cypsela shape=obovoid |disc-floret reproduction=fertile;bisexual |face pubescence=villous |involucre diameter=10mm;15mm |involucre shape=cylindric;turbinate;cylindric;turbinate;campanulate |lamina architecture=5-veined |lamina shape=4-toothed |leaf architecture=sessile;petiolate |leaf position=cauline;basal |margin shape=lobed;entire |margin texture=scarious |pappus duration=persistent |phyllary fusion=connate |phyllary lengths=1/2;3/4 |ray-floret architecture=neuter |receptacle relief=alveolate |receptacle shape=convex;conic |rib presence=absent |scale atypical quantity=8;12 |scale quantity=7;8 |scale shape=lanceolate;subulate-aristate |series quantity=2;2;4 |stem orientation=erect |whole-organism atypical some measurement=5cm;10cm |whole-organism duration=perennial |whole-organism some measurement=10cm;35cm |x chromosome quantity=9 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Asteraceae tribe Arctotideae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Asteraceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Gazania.