Kingdom Plantae Higher classification Daisy family Order Asterales | Tribe Oldenburgieae Rank Genus | |
Similar Daisy family, Onoseris, Hesperomannia | ||
Oldenburgia is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It contains four accepted species, including the commonly cultivated species near- endangered Oldenburgia grandis (Thunb.) Baill. (=Oldenburgia arbuscula DC.), the petricolous Oldenburgia paradoxa Less. (type-species), Oldenburgia intermedia Bond (small distribution around Cape Town) and Oldenburgia papionum DC. Oldenburgia herbacea (L.) Roxb. is an unresolved name.
Distribution: endemic to South Africa, southern parts of Western and Eastern Cape.
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