Dimorphotheca

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Dimorphotheca
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Dimorphotheca sinuata
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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]
  • Acanthotheca DC. (1838)
  • Arnoldia Cass. (1824)
  • Blaxium Cass. (1824)
  • Castalis Cass. (1824)
  • Gattenhoffia Neck. (1790), not validly publ.
  • Meteorina Cass. (1818)
  • Osteospermum sect. Blaxium (Cass.) T. Norl.

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 is derived from the Greek: di (two) morph (shape) theka (receptacle), referring to the dimorphic cypselae, a trait inherent to members of the Calenduleae.[4] Plants of this genus usually have bisexual flowers.

Species[2]

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