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Taxon: Dimorphotheca tragus (Aiton) B. Nord.

Genus: Dimorphotheca
Family: Asteraceae (alt. Compositae).
Nomen number: 409357
Place of publication: Compositae Newslett. 25:47. 1994
Name verified on: 05-Sep-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 02-Aug-2000
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 4 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard, as Castalis tragus; Hortus 3, as Castalis tragus)

Distributional range:

Native:
  • AFRICA
    Southern Africa: South Africa - Cape Province [Little Namaqualand]

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Dimorphotheca tragus (Aiton) B. Nord.:

  • 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.

Images:

  • Fruits: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy
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Cite as:
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?409357 (21 November 2009)

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