Description
The centre of the
flower is sometimes black. Often the same flower can have petals of
several different colours.Gerbera is a genus of plants in the Asteraceae
(daisy family). It was named in honour of German botanist and medical
doctor Traugott Gerber. Gerbera species bear a large capitulum with
striking, two-lipped ray florets. The capitulum, which has the
appearance of a single flower, is actually composed of hundreds of
individual flowers. 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 contains naturally occurring coumarin
derivatives. Gerbera is a tender perennial plant. It is attractive to
bees, butterflies and/or birds, but resistant to deer. 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.
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