# Dintera

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{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
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|genus = Dintera
|parent_authority = [Otto Stapf](/source/Otto_Stapf_(botanist)) (1900)
|species = pterocaulis
|authority = Stapf (1900)
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'''''Dintera''''' is a [monotypic](/source/monotypic) genus of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s belonging to the family [Plantaginaceae](/source/Plantaginaceae). It contains just one species, '''''Dintera pterocaulis''''' <small>Stapf</small>, which comes from [Namibia](/source/Namibia).<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=''Dintera'' Stapf {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37597-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=15 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

The genus name of ''Dintera'' is in honour of [Kurt Dinter](/source/Kurt_Dinter) (1868–1945), a German botanist and explorer in South West Africa.<ref>{{cite book | last=Quattrocchi | first=Umberto | title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L | publisher=CRC Press | location=Boca Raton, Florida | year=2000 | isbn=978-0-8493-2676-9}}</ref> The Latin [specific epithet](/source/Botanical_name) of ''pterocaulis'' refers to ''petro'' meaning rock or stone and 'caulis' (a Greek word) meaning stem or stalk.{{source needed|reason='Caulis' is Latin en not Greek and ''petro'' is probably a corruption of πέτρα.|date=March 2025}}
It was first published and described by German botanist [Otto Stapf](/source/Otto_Stapf_(botanist)) in Mém. Herb. Boissier Vol.20 on page 29 in 1900.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Dintera pterocaulis'' Stapf {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:802104-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=28 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

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Category:Plantaginaceae
Category:Monotypic Plantaginaceae genera
Category:Endemic flora of Namibia
Category:Plants described in 1900
Category:Taxa named by Otto Stapf

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