# Dimorphotheca

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Genus of plants

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Dimorphotheca Dimorphotheca sinuata Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes 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 [Asteraceae](/source/Asteraceae), native to southern Africa.[3] is one of eight genera of the [Calenduleae](/source/Calenduleae), with a centre of diversity in [Southern Africa](/source/Southern_Africa). Species are native to [Botswana](/source/Botswana), [Eswatini](/source/Eswatini), [Lesotho](/source/Lesotho), [Namibia](/source/Namibia), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa), and [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe).[1] Some species can hybridize with *[Osteospermum](/source/Osteospermum)*, and crosses are sold as cultivated ornamentals.

The name *Dimorphotheca* is derived from the Greek: *di* (two) *morph* (shape) *theka* (receptacle), referring to the dimorphic [cypselae](/source/Cypselae), a trait inherent to members of the Calenduleae.[4] Plants of this genus usually have bisexual flowers.

**Species[2]**

- *[Dimorphotheca acutifolia](/source/Dimorphotheca_acutifolia)*

- *[Dimorphotheca barberae](/source/Dimorphotheca_barberae)*

- *[Dimorphotheca caulescens](/source/Dimorphotheca_caulescens)*

- *[Dimorphotheca chrysanthemifolia](/source/Dimorphotheca_chrysanthemifolia)*

- *[Dimorphotheca cuneata](/source/Dimorphotheca_cuneata)*

- *[Dimorphotheca dregei](/source/Dimorphotheca_dregei)*

- *[Dimorphotheca ecklonis](/source/Dimorphotheca_ecklonis)*

- *[Dimorphotheca fruticosa](/source/Dimorphotheca_fruticosa)*

- *[Dimorphotheca jucunda](/source/Dimorphotheca_jucunda)*

- *[Dimorphotheca montana](/source/Dimorphotheca_montana)*

- *[Dimorphotheca nudicaulis](/source/Dimorphotheca_nudicaulis)*

- *[Dimorphotheca pluvialis](/source/Dimorphotheca_pluvialis)* ("ox-eye daisy", "Cape daisy", "rain daisy")

- *[Dimorphotheca polyptera](/source/Dimorphotheca_polyptera)*

- *[Dimorphotheca pulvinalis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dimorphotheca_pulvinalis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Dimorphotheca sinuata](/source/Dimorphotheca_sinuata)* ("Cape marigold", "African daisy", "star of the veldt")

- *[Dimorphotheca spectabilis](/source/Dimorphotheca_spectabilis)*

- *[Dimorphotheca tragus](/source/Dimorphotheca_tragus)*

- *[Dimorphotheca turicensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dimorphotheca_turicensis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Dimorphotheca venusta](/source/Dimorphotheca_venusta)*

- *[Dimorphotheca walliana](/source/Dimorphotheca_walliana)*

- *[Dimorphotheca zeyheri](/source/Dimorphotheca_zeyheri)*

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-powo_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-powo_1-1) ["*Dimorphotheca* Moench"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331559-2). *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-z_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-z_2-1) Flann, C, ed. (2009). ["Global Compositae Checklist: Dimorphotheca Vaill. ex Moench"](http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=5205a347-c38f-4182-971a-637ca562d43d). *iplantcollaborative.org*. Retrieved 2025-09-30.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Bailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; Staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium (1976). [*Hortus Third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada*](https://archive.org/details/hortusthirdconci00bail). New York: Macmillan. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-02-505470-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-02-505470-7) – via archive.org.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Dlamini, Mhlonishwa D.; Oliver, Roger (July 2002). ["Dimorphotheca sinuata"](https://pza.sanbi.org/dimorphotheca-sinuata). *pza.sanbi.org* (August 2020 ed.). PlantZAfrica, South African National Biodiversity Institute.

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Taxon identifiers Dimorphotheca Wikidata: Q2698290 Wikispecies: Dimorphotheca APDB: 190175 APNI: 110844 CoL: 45N7 eFloraSA: Dimorphotheca EoL: 62701 EPPO: 1DMPG FloraBase: 22613 FNA: 110243 FoAO2: Dimorphotheca FoC: 110243 GBIF: 3140763 GRIN: 3731 iNaturalist: 72095 IPNI: 331559-2 IRMNG: 1271827 ITIS: 37244 NBN: NHMSYS0000458103 NCBI: 13490 NZOR: 808738ec-e884-438c-b53f-e35e216b1095 Open Tree of Life: 525023 PLANTS: DIMOR3 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331559-2 Tropicos: 40031538 VASCAN: 1883 VicFlora: 8714b3cc-6f18-4041-9333-b94e1e704866 WFO: wfo-4000011787

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