''Oldenburgia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

in the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

. It contains four accepted species,''Oldenburgia'' in The Plant List
/ref> including the commonly cultivated, near-endangered species '' Oldenburgia grandis'' (

Thunb. Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Sweden, Swedish Natural history, naturalist and an Apostles of Linnaeus, "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus ...

)

Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on ...

(=''Oldenburgia arbuscula''

DC. Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle ...

); the petricolous '' Oldenburgia paradoxa'' Less. (type-species); ''

Oldenburgia intermedia ''Oldenburgia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It contains four accepted species, including the commonly cultivated, near-endangered species '' Oldenburgia grandis'' (Thunb.) Baill. (=''Oldenburgia arbuscula'' DC.); the ...

'' Bond (small distribution around

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); and ''

Oldenburgia papionum ''Oldenburgia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It contains four accepted species, including the commonly cultivated, near-endangered species '' Oldenburgia grandis'' (Thunb.) Baill. (=''Oldenburgia arbuscula'' DC.); the ...

'' DC. ''

Oldenburgia herbacea ''Oldenburgia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It contains four accepted species, including the commonly cultivated, near-endangered species '' Oldenburgia grandis'' (Thunb.) Baill. (=''Oldenburgia arbuscula'' DC.); the ...

'' ( L.) Roxb., an unresolved name. Distribution: endemic to

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, southern parts of Western and Eastern Cape.''Oldenburgia'' in Gateway to African Plants
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