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gerbera
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gerbera \Gerbera\ prop. n. A genus of South African or Asiatic herbs having showy daisy-like flowers; it includes some of the African daisies.
Syn: genus Gerbera.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1880, from Modern Latin (1737), named for German naturalist Traugott Gerber (1710-1743).
Wiktionary
n. A daisy of the genus (taxlink Gerbera genus noshow=1).
Wikipedia
Gerbera ( or ) L. is a genus of plants Asteraceae (daisy family). It was named in honour of German botanist and medical doctor Traugott Gerber | (1710-1743) who travelled extensively in Russia and was a friend of Carl Linnaeus.
Gerbera is native to tropical regions of South America, Africa and Asia. The first scientific description of a Gerbera was made by J.D. Hooker in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1889 when he described Gerbera jamesonii, a South African species also known as Transvaal daisy or Barberton Daisy. Gerbera is also commonly known as the African Daisy.
Gerbera species bear a large capitulum with striking, two-lipped ray florets in yellow, orange, white, pink or red colours. The capitulum, which has the appearance of a single flower, is actually composed of hundreds of individual flowers. The morphology of the flowers varies depending on their position in the capitulum. The flower heads can be as small as 7 cm (Gerbera mini 'Harley') in diameter or up to 12 cm (Gerbera ‘Golden Serena’).
Gerbera is very popular and widely used as a decorative garden plant or as cut flowers. The domesticated cultivars are mostly a result of a cross between Gerbera jamesonii and another South African species Gerbera viridifolia. The cross is known as Gerbera hybrida. Thousands of cultivars exist. They vary greatly in shape and size. Colours include white, yellow, orange, red, and pink. The centre of the flower is sometimes black. Often the same flower can have petals of several different colours.
Gerbera is also important commercially. It is the fifth most used cut flower in the world (after rose, carnation, chrysanthemum, and tulip). It is also used as a model organism in studying flower formation.
Gerbera contains naturally occurring coumarin derivatives. Gerbera is a tender perennial plant. It is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds, but resistant to deer. Their soil should be kept moist but not soaked.
Species Formerly includedNumerous species once considered members of Gerbera are now regarded as more suited to other genera: Chaptalia, Leibnitzia, Mairia, Perdicium, Trichocline, and Uechtritzia.
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Usage examples of "gerbera".
He charmed the hospital staff into putting up with her complaints and demands, and filled the room with gerbera daisies, her favorite flowers.
Each boot had concealed a vase holding an abundant bouquet of gerbera daisies.
A mixed bouquet of bright autumn colorszinnias and gerbera daisies and dahlias and one late sunflower splash.
The counter is made of zinc and there are cobalt-blue vases with yellow gerbera daisies in them.
He walked through the greenhouses, checking on the African daisies, the gazanias and gerberas that he was bringing on from seed.
Yes, the African Daisy is the Gerbera, a beautifully decorative import to America.