Gymnopentzia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|genus = Gymnopentzia

|parent_authority = Benth.

|species = bifurcata

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• Athanasia turbinata Burtt Davy
• Gymnopentzia pilifera N.E.Br.

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Gymnopentzia is a genus of African plants in the chamomile tribe within the sunflower family.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/658397#page/710/mode/1up Bentham, George. 1876. Genera plantarum :ad exemplaria imprimis in Herberiis Kewensibus servata definita, appendix, 2: 1235] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40018937 Tropicos, Gymnopentzia Benth.]

The only known species is Gymnopentzia bifurcata, native to Lesotho and South Africa.{{Cite web |url=http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=3&nameId=9dc6d90a-c5ee-4666-aef3-95cee14d0325 |title=Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist |access-date=2014-12-28 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141228131113/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=3&nameId=9dc6d90a-c5ee-4666-aef3-95cee14d0325 |archive-date=2014-12-28 |url-status=dead }}Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).[http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=95198 Sanbi Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute, African Plant Database, Gymnopentzia bifurcata Benth.] includes distribution map