Drosanthemum
Drosanthemum speciosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Aizoaceae
Subfamily:	Ruschioideae
Tribe:	Ruschieae
Genus:	Drosanthemum Schwantes
Species
90-120 - see text

Drosanthemum ("dewflowers") is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family native to the winter-rainfall regions of southern Africa, including Namibia and the Cape Provinces and Free State of South Africa.^[1] Most species bear colorful flowers.

The name Drosanthemum means "dew-flower" in Greek, and refers to the characteristic shiny translucent papillae, which cover the succulent leaves and flower buds.^[2]

Species

110 species are accepted:^[1]

• Drosanthemum acuminatum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum acutifolium (L.Bolus) L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum albens L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum albiflorum (L.Bolus) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum ambiguum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum anemophilum van Jaarsv. & S.A.Hammer
• Drosanthemum anomalum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum archeri L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum attenuatum (Haw.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum austricola L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum autumnale L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum barkerae L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum bellum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum bicolor L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum boerhavii (Eckl. & Zeyh.) H.E.K.Hartmann
• Drosanthemum brakfonteinense Liede, A.Schweiger & H.E.K.Hartmann
• Drosanthemum breve L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum brevifolium (Aiton) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum calycinum (Haw.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum capillare (L.f.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum cereale L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum chrysum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum collinum (Sond.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum comptonii L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum concavum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum crassum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum curtophyllum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum cymiferum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum deciduum H.E.K.Hartmann & Bruckm.
• Drosanthemum decumbens (L.Bolus) van Jaarsv.
• Drosanthemum dejagerae L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum delicatulum (L.Bolus) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum dipageae H.E.K.Hartmann
• Drosanthemum duplessiae L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum eburneum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum ecclesianum Liede & H.E.K.Hartmann
• Drosanthemum edwardsiae L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum erigeriflorum (Jacq.) Stearn
• Drosanthemum exspersum (N.E.Br.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum filiforme L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum flammeum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum flavum (Haw.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum floribundum (Haw.) Schwantes, syn. D. candens (Haw.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum fourcadei (L.Bolus) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum framesii L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum fulleri L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum giffenii (L.Bolus) Schwantes ex H.Jacobsen
• Drosanthemum glabrescens L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum globosum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum godmaniae L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum gracillimum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum hallii L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum hirtellum (Haw.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum hispidum (L.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum hispifolium (Haw.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum inornatum (L.Bolus) L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum intermedium L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum jamesii L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum karrooense L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum latipetalum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum lavisii L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum laxum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum leipoldtii L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum leptum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum lignosum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum lique (N.E.Br.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum longipes (L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann
• Drosanthemum luederitzii (Engl.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum macrocalyx L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum maculatum (Haw.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum marinum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum mathewsii L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum micans (L.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum muirii L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum nollothense Liede & H.E.K.Hartmann
• Drosanthemum nordenstamii L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum obibense Liede & H.E.K.Hartmann
• Drosanthemum oculatum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum opacum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum overbergense Klak
• Drosanthemum pallens (Haw.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum papillatum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum parvifolium Schwantes
• Drosanthemum pauper (Dinter) Dinter & Schwantes
• Drosanthemum praecultum (N.E.Br.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum prostratum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum pubipetalum (L.Bolus) Klak
• Drosanthemum pulchellum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum pulchrum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum pulverulentum (Haw.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum quadratum Klak
• Drosanthemum ramosissimum (Schltr.) L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum salicola L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum schoenlandianum (Schltr.) L.Bolus^[3]
• Drosanthemum semiglobosum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum speciosum (Haw.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum stokoei L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum striatum (Haw.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum subclausum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum subcompressum (Haw.) Schwantes
• Drosanthemum subplanum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum subspinosum (Kuntze) H.E.K.Hartmann
• Drosanthemum tetramerum H.E.K.Hartmann
• Drosanthemum thudichumii L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum tuberculiferum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum uniondalense H.E.K.Hartmann
• Drosanthemum vandermerwei L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum vespertinum L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum wittebergense L.Bolus
• Drosanthemum worcesterense L.Bolus