Oldenburgia | |
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Oldenbergia grandis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Tribe: | Oldenburgieae |
Genus: |
Oldenburgia Less., 1830 |
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 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.