Dasispermum

Dasispermum
Scientific 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
	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

Good Book: 56 (1840)
"Dasispermum Neck. ex Raf". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
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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[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.