Dimorphotheca

Dimorphotheca
Dimorphotheca
Dimorphotheca ecklonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Calenduleae
Genus: Dimorphotheca
Species

See text.

Dimorphotheca, commonly called Cape marigold,[1] is one of eight genera of the Calenduleae, with a center of diversity in Southern Africa. 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 fruit", referring to the dimorphic cypselae, a trait inherent to members of the Calenduleae.[2] Plants of this genus usually have bisexual flowers.

Species list

Species include:

  • Dimorphotheca ecklonis DC.
  • Dimorphotheca sinuata DC (syn. Dimorphotheca aurantiaca, aka "Cape Marigold", "African Daisy", "Star of the Veldt")
  • Dimorphotheca pluvialis (l.) Moensch. (aka "Ox-Eye daisy", "Cape Daisy", "Rain Daisy")
  • Dimorphotheca zeyheri Sond.
  • Dimorphotheca jucunda E. Phillips
  • Dimorphotheca caulescens Harv.
  • Dimorphtotheca cuneata (Thunb.) Less.
  • Dimorphotheca nudicaulis
  • Dimorphotheca acutifolia
  • Dimorphotheca polyptera

References

  1. ^ 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,. 
  2. ^ Mhlonishwa D. Dlamini Witwatersrand National Botanical Gardens July 2002, http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/dimorphsinuata.htm


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