''Gerardiina'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s belonging to the family

Orobanchaceae Orobanchaceae, the broomrapes, is a family (biology), family of mostly parasitic plants of the order (biology), order Lamiales, with about 90 genus, genera and more than 2000 species. Many of these genera (e.g., ''Pedicularis'', ''Rhinanthus'', ...

. Its native range is Southern Africa. It is found in the countries of Angola, Burundi, DRC, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces (region of South Africa), Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The genus name of ''Gerardiina'' is in honour of

John Gerard John Gerard (also John Gerarde, 1545–1612) was an English herbalist with a large garden in Holborn, now part of London. His 1,484-page illustrated ''Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes'', first published in 1597, became a popular garde ...

(1545–1612) an English herbalist, and it was first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.23 on page 507 in 1897. Known species: *'' Gerardiina angolensis'' *'' Gerardiina kundelungensis''

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q8963881 Orobanchaceae Orobanchaceae genera Plants described in 1897 Flora of South Africa Taxa named by Adolf Engler