 Furthermore, the species of "Gorteria" share spine-like hairs on the corollas of both ray- and disc florets, the bracts of the involucre merged only at their foot, and crystals below the skin of the outer seed coat.All these characters are absent in its near relatives.Carl Linnaeus, famous for his introduction of the binominal nomenclature, erected the genus "Gorteria", in part II of the 10th edition of his "Systema Naturae" published in 1759, with the description of the type species "Gorteria personata".