Biology:Dasispermum

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Short description: Genus of Apiaceae plants

Dasispermum
Scientific classification e
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

See text

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:

  • Dasispermum capense (Lam.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk
  • Dasispermum grandicarpum Magee & B.-E.van Wyk
  • Dasispermum hispidum (Thunb.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk
  • Dasispermum humile (Meisn.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk
  • Dasispermum perennans Magee & B.-E.van Wyk
  • Dasispermum suffruticosum (P.J.Bergius) B.L.Burtt
  • Dasispermum tenue (Sond.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk

References

  1. Good Book: 56 (1840)
  2. "Dasispermum Neck. ex Raf.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20048-1. 
  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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10264311 entry