Dimorphotheca is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, native to southern Africa.[3] is one of eight genera of the Calenduleae, with a centre of diversity in Southern Africa. Species are native to Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.[1] Some species can hybridize with Osteospermum, and crosses are sold as cultivated ornamentals. The name "Dimorphotheca" comes from the Greek "Dis" "Morphe" and "Theka", meaning "two shaped receptacle", referring to the dimorphic cypselae, a trait inherent to members of the Calenduleae.[4] Plants of this genus usually have bisexual flowers.
| Dimorphotheca | |
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| Dimorphotheca sinuata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Calenduleae |
| Genus: | Dimorphotheca Moench (1794), nom. cons. |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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- Species[2]
- Dimorphotheca acutifolia
- Dimorphotheca barberae
- Dimorphotheca caulescens
- Dimorphotheca chrysanthemifolia
- Dimorphotheca cuneata
- Dimorphotheca dregei
- Dimorphotheca ecklonis
- Dimorphotheca fruticosa
- Dimorphotheca jucunda
- Dimorphotheca montana
- Dimorphotheca nudicaulis
- Dimorphotheca pluvialis ("ox-eye daisy", "Cape daisy", "rain daisy")
- Dimorphotheca polyptera
- Dimorphotheca pulvinalis
- Dimorphotheca sinuata ("Cape marigold", "African daisy", "star of the veldt")
- Dimorphotheca spectabilis
- Dimorphotheca tragus
- Dimorphotheca turicensis
- Dimorphotheca venusta
- Dimorphotheca walliana
- Dimorphotheca zeyheri
References
edit- ^ a b Dimorphotheca Moench. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Bailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium (1976). Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-02-505470-7.
- ^ PlantZAfrica.com, Mhlonishwa D. Dlamini, Witwatersrand National Botanical Gardens July 2002
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