Plate 9354 - Gazania longiscapa

Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 9354 Gazania longiscapa Family: COMPOSITAE • Tribe: ARCTOTIDEAE • Native Region: South Africa • Publication Date: April 3rd, 1934 Distribution: Upper Burma; Hpimaw Hill, just below the D?k Bungalow. • Tab Author: J. S. L. GILMOUR. Botanical Description Of the many genera of Compositae endemic to southern Africa none is perhaps more puzzling to the taxonomist than Gazania. When the third volume of the Flora Capensis was published in 1864-5 no less than twenty-four species were already known, although some of them very imperfectly. Since then our knowledge of the genus has not increased very much, only three or four new species having been added; so that many of the problems which confronted Harvey are still with us to-day. There is, therefore, a great need for field and experimental work with this and with other genera of this family such as Arctotis and Venidium, which would undoubtedly yield results of both botanical and horticultural. Synonyms Syn. G. longiscapa var. ovalis Harvey, 1.c. G. Pottsii L. Bolus in Ann. Bolus Herb. IV. 15 (1925); Mathews in Journ. Bot. Soc. S. Africa, XII. 14, t. 4 (1926). Of the many genera of Compositae endemic to southern Africa none is perhaps more puzzling to the taxonomist than Gazania. When the third volume of the Flora Capensis was published in 1864-5 no less than twenty-four species were About This Print Original black and white uncolored botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine (established 1787). This 9000s series print is from unissued publisher stock, never hand-colored, representing the authentic plate as it appeared in the magazine. Edited by Sir Arthur William Hill for The Royal Horticultural Society, London.