Dimorphotheca

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Dimorphotheca
Dimorphotheca sinuata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

cypselae, a trait inherent to members of the Calenduleae.[4]
Plants of this genus usually have bisexual flowers.

Species[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Dimorphotheca Moench. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ PlantZAfrica.com, Mhlonishwa D. Dlamini, Witwatersrand National Botanical Gardens July 2002

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