| Oldenburgia | |
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| Oldenbergia grandis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Tarchonanthoideae |
| Tribe: | Oldenburgieae |
| Genus: | Oldenburgia Less., 1830 |
| Species | |
4, See text | |
Oldenburgia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It contains four accepted species, [1] including the commonly cultivated, near-endangered species Oldenburgia grandis (Thunb.) Baill. (=Oldenburgia arbuscula DC.); [2] [1] the petricolous Oldenburgia paradoxa Less. (type-species); Oldenburgia intermedia Bond (small distribution around Cape Town); and Oldenburgia papionum DC. Oldenburgia herbacea (L.) Roxb., an unresolved name. They are endemic to South Africa, southern parts of western and eastern Cape. [1] [3]
