| Dinteranthus | |
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| A flowering Dintheranthus wilmotianus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ruschioideae |
| Tribe: | Ruschieae |
| Genus: | Dinteranthus Schwantes |
Dinteranthus is a genus of plants in the family Aizoaceae. It occurs in the arid northwestern parts of the Northern Cape Province, South Africa and the south-eastern parts of Namibia. [1]
The plants are mesembs, and resemble those genera within the family Aizoaceae to which they are most closely related; namely Lithops , Lapidaria and Schwantesia , although they require even less water and have a distinctive keel along the lower leaf surface.
The genus name of Dinteranthus is in honour of Kurt Dinter (1868–1945), a German botanist and explorer in South West Africa and the Greek word 'anthos' meaning flower. [2]
It contains the following accepted species:
Kew also lists Dinteranthus microspermus (Dinter & Derenberg) Schwantes and Dinteranthus vallis-mariae (Dinter & Schwantes) B.Fearn. [1]
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