Biology:Dimorphotheca
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Short description: Genus of plants
| 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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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.
- Species[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dimorphotheca Moench. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. https://archive.org/details/hortusthirdconci00bail.
- ↑ PlantZAfrica.com, Mhlonishwa D. Dlamini, Witwatersrand National Botanical Gardens July 2002
Wikidata ☰ Q2698290 entry
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