''Merciera'' is a genus of plants in the family
Campanulaceae
The family Campanulaceae (also bellflower family), of the order Asterales, contains nearly 2400 species in 84 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky sap. Among them are several familiar garden plants belon ...
. It contains 6 known species, all endemic to
Cape Province
The Province of the Cape of Good Hope ( af, Provinsie Kaap die Goeie Hoop), commonly referred to as the Cape Province ( af, Kaapprovinsie) and colloquially as The Cape ( af, Die Kaap), was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequen ...
in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
.
[Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.]
* ''
Merciera azurea''
Schltr. 1897
* ''
Merciera brevifolia''
A.DC. 1830
* ''
Merciera eckloniana''
H.Buek in C.F.Ecklon & K.L.P.Zeyher 1837
* ''
Merciera leptoloba''
A.DC. 1830
* ''
Merciera tenuifolia''
(L.f.) A.DC. 1830
* ''
Merciera tetraloba''
Cupido 2002
References
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Campanuloideae
Campanulaceae genera
Flora of South Africa