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Dialypetalum

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Dialypetalum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Subfamily: Lobelioideae
Genus: Dialypetalum
Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker
Type species
Dialypetalum floribundum
Benth.

Dialypetalum is a genus of plants endemic to Madagascar. It differs from other Lobelioideae in that it has regular (actinomorphic) flowers with virtually free petals, and is dioecious.[citation needed] It contains the following species, accepted as of July 2014:[1]

  1. Dialypetalum compactum Zahlbr.
  2. Dialypetalum floribundum Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker
  3. Dialypetalum humbertianum E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler
  4. Dialypetalum × hybridum E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler (D. compactum × D. floribundum)
  5. Dialypetalum montanum E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler
  6. Dialypetalum stenopetalum E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler

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