Biology:Tetraena stapfii

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Short description: Species of plant

Tetraena stapfii
Zygophyllum stapffii 01.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Zygophyllales
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Genus: Tetraena
Species:
T. stapfii
Binomial name
Tetraena stapfii
(Schinz) Beier & Thulin
Synonyms
  • Zygophyllum marlothii Engl.

Tetraena stapfii (Afrikaans: daalderplant, English: dollar bush) is a species of flowering bush endemic to Namibia.

It grows in the Namib ecoregion along the Atlantic Ocean coast. Most of this plant's moisture comes from the morning mist. The shrub's round, coin-like leaves lend it its colloquial name: daalder is an old Dutch coin worth one and a half guilders.[1]

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References

  1. "EOL". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. http://eol.org/pages/5633145/overview. 

Wikidata ☰ Q18077844 entry