Gerardiina

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Gerardiina is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.{{cite web |title=Gerardiina Engl. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37670-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=15 May 2021 |language=en}}

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 (1545–1612) an English herbalist,{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 | s2cid=187926901 |access-date=1 January 2021}} and it was first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.23 on page 507 in 1897.

Known species:

• Gerardiina angolensis {{small|Engl.}}
• Gerardiina kundelungensis {{small|Mielcarek}}