Dimorphotheca

Dimorphotheca pluvialis (Typus))

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Calenduleae
Genus: Dimorphotheca
Species: D. acutifolia – D. barberae – D. caulescens – D. chrysanthemifolia – D. cuneata – D. dregei – D. ecklonis – D. fruticosa – D. jucunda – D. montana – D. nudicaulis – D. pluvialis – D. polyptera – D. sinuata – D. spectabilis – D. tragus – D. venusta – D. walliana – D. zeyheri

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Dimorphotheca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Mar. 17. Reference page.

Name

Dimorphotheca Moench, Methodus (Moench) 585. (1794) nom. cons.

• Type species: Dimorphotheca pluvialis Moench, Methodus (Moench) 585. (1794)
  

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Meteorina Cass., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818: 167. (1818)
• Heterotypic
  • Acanthotheca DC. in Prodr. 6: 73 (1838)
  • Arnoldia Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. ed. 2. 30: 330 (1824)
  • Blaxium Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. ed. 2. 30: 328 (1824)
  • Castalis Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. ed. 2. 30: 332 (1824)
  • Gattenhoffia Neck. in Elem. Bot. 1: 39 (1790), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Arizona, Azores, Bolivia, California, Chatham Is., Costa Rica, El Salvador, France, Honduras, India, Ireland, Mauritius, New South Wales, Pakistan, Poland, Queensland, Réunion, South Australia, Spain, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia * References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Primary references

• Moench, C. 1794. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis vol. 1–2, 780 pp., Marburgi Cattorum: Nova Libraria Academiae. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.304 Reference page. : 585.

Additional references

• Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Calendula incana subsp. maritima.]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Dimorphotheca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Mar. 17. Reference page. 
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Dimorphotheca. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2018 June 4.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Dimorphotheca. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 June 4. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Dimorphotheca. Published online. Accessed: June 4 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Star of the Veldt
suomi: Sääkukat
русский: Диморфотека

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