Dimorphotheca
Genus of plants
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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.
| Dimorphotheca | |
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| Dimorphotheca sinuata | |
Scientific 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. |
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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]
- 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
