Gerbera maxima (D.Don) Beauverd

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Synonym(s) : Berniera nepalensis DC.; Chaptalia maxima D.Don; Gerbera macrophylla Wall. ex C.B.Clarke; Gerbera nepalensis Sch.Bip.; Onoseris macrophylla Wall. ex Steud.; Tussilago macrophylla Wall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Oreoseris maxima (D.Don) X.D.Xu & W.Zheng
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : In forests and in the shade of rocks, 1980 - 2300 m. altitude
  • Flower, Fruit : August-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district
    • Himachal Pradesh : Kullu district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Pakistan to China (Yunnan) and North Thailand
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 156
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1419
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 2, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 390
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Gerbera maxima. Downloaded on 19 February 2025.

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