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Taxon: Dimorphotheca pluvialis (L.) Moench

Genus: Dimorphotheca
Family: Asteraceae (alt. Compositae).
Nomen number: 14149
Place of publication: Methodus 585. 1794
Name verified on: 21-Feb-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 19-Apr-2000
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 6 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • Cape rain-daisy   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  • weather-prophet   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Southern Africa: Namibia; South Africa - Cape Province

References:

  • Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. (Pl SAfr)
  • Bond, P. & P. Goldblatt. 1984. Plants of the Cape Flora, J. S. African Bot. suppl. vol. 13. (L Cape)
  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
  • Hof, L. & W. Lange. 1998. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 45:441–446.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Merxmüller, H., ed. 1966–1972. Prodromus einer flora von Sudwestafrika. (F Namib)
  • Norlindh, T. 1943. Studies in the Calenduleae I. Monograph of the genera Dimorphotheca, Castalis/I>, Osteospermum, Gibbaria and Chrysanthemoides. 44–56.
  • Willis, J. H. 1970–1972. A handbook to plants in Victoria. (F VictWillis)
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Check other databases for Dimorphotheca pluvialis (L.) Moench:

  • SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?14149 (09 February 2010)

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