Dasispermum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Tordylieae
Genus: Dasispermum
Neck. ex Raf.[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Heteroptilis E.Mey. ex Meisn.
  • Phymatis E.Mey.
  • Sonderina H.Wolff

Dasispermum are a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to coastal area of southern South Africa. Short-lived perennial or annuals, they are low-lying, often sprawling herbs with succulent or semi-succulent leaves, adapted to the dry, salty conditions of the littoral areas where they grow.[3]

Species

Currently accepted species include:

References

  1. ^ Good Book: 56 (1840)
  2. ^ "Dasispermum Neck. ex Raf". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  3. ^ Magee, A.R.; Van Wyk, B.-E.; Tilney, P.M.; Downie, S.R. (2010). "A taxonomic revision of the South African endemic genus Dasispermum (Apiaceae, Apioideae)". South African Journal of Botany. 76 (2): 308–323. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2009.12.002.
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