Taxon:
Dimorphotheca pluvialis (L.) Moench
Summary
Place of publication:
Methodus 585. 1794
Verified:
06/03/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Cape rain daisy – Cape-marigold – weather-prophet – French
souci de Cap – souci pluvial – German
regenzeigendes Kapörbchen – Swedish
väderspåman –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Northern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Western Cape | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
3 | Adventive | Europe | Middle Europe | Poland | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | South Australia | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
Native
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Namibia, South Africa [Northern Cape, Western Cape]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Adventive
Europe
Naturalized
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales, South Australia]
Northern America
-
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [California]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Materials | potential as lipids | fide Genet Res Crop Evol 45:441-446. 1998 | Hof, L. & W. Lange. 1998. The influence of insect pollination on yield components in Dimorphotheca pluvialis. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 45:441-446. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722 |