{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |image_caption = |taxon = Dialypetalum |authority = Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker |type_species = ''Dialypetalum floribundum'' |type_species_authority = Benth. |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = }}
'''''Dialypetalum''''' is a genus of plants endemic to Madagascar. It differs from other Lobelioideae in that it has regular (actinomorphic) flowers with virtually free petals, and is dioecious.{{cn|date=August 2021}} It contains the following species, accepted as of July 2014:<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=368797 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>
*''Dialypetalum compactum'' <small>Zahlbr.</small> *''Dialypetalum floribundum'' <small>Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker</small> *''Dialypetalum humbertianum'' <small>E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler</small> *''Dialypetalum × hybridum'' <small>E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler</small> ''(D. compactum × D. floribundum)'' *''Dialypetalum montanum'' <small>E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler</small> *''Dialypetalum stenopetalum'' <small>E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Wikispecies-inline}} *[http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=61527&flora_id=12 Madagascar catalogue, Living Plant image, ''Dialypetalum floribundum''] *[http://www.tropicos.org/Image/38739 photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Madagascar in 1990, ''Dialypetalum montanum'']
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Category:Lobelioideae Category:Campanulaceae genera Category:Endemic flora of Madagascar