''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
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Oldenburgia grandis ''Oldenburgia grandis'' is a shrub or small, gnarled tree in the family Asteraceae. It occurs in the mountains around Grahamstown in South Africa. It grows to a height of about 5m on sandstone outcrops. It has thick corky bark and large leaves c ...

'' (

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 Swedish naturalist and an "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus. After studying under Linnaeus at Uppsala Un ...

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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.); the petricolous ''

Oldenburgia paradoxa ''Oldenburgia paradoxa Less.'' is a species in the genus ''Oldenburgia'', in the family Asteraceae. Description In its habit ''Oldenburgia paradoxa'' is a remarkably dense, usually cushion-shaped, subshrub, typically growing in the form of a he ...

'' 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 Wi ...

'' Bond (small distribution around

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

); 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. William Roxburgh FRSE FRCPE FLS (3/29 June 1751 – 18 February 1815) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked extensively in India, describing species and working on economic botany. He is known as the founding father of Indian botany. H ...

, an unresolved name. Distribution: endemic to

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...

, southern parts of Western and Eastern Cape.''Oldenburgia'' in Gateway to African Plants
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Asteraceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{asteraceae-stub