| Dasispermum | |
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| Dasispermum suffruticosum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Tordylieae |
| Genus: | Dasispermum Neck. ex Raf. |
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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.
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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| Dasispermum | |