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Gazania ×splendens Hend. & Andr.Hend.

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Gazania ×splendens Hend. & Andr.Hend. (1859)
Gazania ×splendens Hend. & Andr.Hend.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
The presence of “true” Gazania linearis and G. rigens in NZ has been questioned. Wild specimens that have been called G. linearis and G. rigens in NZ (and Australia) are instead a hybrid complex, broadly grouped under Gazania ×splendens, with a range of flower colours, stripes, markings, and form.

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Hend. & Andr.Hend.
Hend. & Andr.Hend.
1859
ICN
species
Gazania ×splendens

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asterales
Compositae
Gazania
×splendens

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Gazania rigens (L.) Gaertn.

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editorial
The presence of “true” Gazania linearis and G. rigens in NZ has been questioned. Wild specimens that have been called G. linearis and G. rigens in NZ (and Australia) are instead a hybrid complex, broadly grouped under Gazania ×splendens, with a range of flower colours, stripes, markings, and form.

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Names_Plants
3 October 2023
25 January 2026
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