Oreoseris Explained

Oreoseris is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Anatolia, Central Asia, the Himalaya region, and Thailand. Originally described in 1838, it was resurrected with the Asian species of Gerbera and all the species of Uechtritzia in 2018.^[1]

Species

The following species are accepted:^[2]

• Oreoseris armena
• Oreoseris delavayi
• Oreoseris gossypina
• Oreoseris henryi
• Oreoseris kokanica
• Oreoseris lacei
• Oreoseris latiligulata
• Oreoseris maxima
• Oreoseris nivea
• Oreoseris raphanifolia
• Oreoseris rupicola
• Oreoseris tanantii

Notes and References

1. Home at last III: Transferring Uechtritzia and Asian Gerbera species into Oreoseris (Compositae, Mutisieae) . 2018 . Xu . Xiaodan . Zheng . Wei . Funk . Vicki A. . Li . Kexin . Zhang . Jie . Wen . Jun . PhytoKeys . 96 . 1–19 . 10.3897/phytokeys.96.23142 . 29670450 . 5904440 . free .
2. Web site: Oreoseris DC. . . 2021 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 19 December 2021 .