Dasyphyllum

<i>Dasyphyllum</i>

Dasyphyllum

Genus of flowering plants

Dasyphyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1][2] It is distributed in South America, with several species in southeastern Brazil.[3]

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Dasyphyllum brasiliense

Species include:[4][5]

  • Dasyphyllum argenteum
  • Dasyphyllum armatum
  • Dasyphyllum brasiliense
  • Dasyphyllum brevispinum
  • Dasyphyllum cabrerae
  • Dasyphyllum candolleanum
  • Dasyphyllum chapadense
  • Dasyphyllum colombianum
  • Dasyphyllum cryptocephalum
  • Dasyphyllum diacanthoides
  • Dasyphyllum donianum
  • Dasyphyllum excelsum
  • Dasyphyllum ferox
  • Dasyphyllum flagellare
  • Dasyphyllum floribundum
  • Dasyphyllum fodinarum
  • Dasyphyllum horridum
  • Dasyphyllum hystrix
  • Dasyphyllum inerme
  • Dasyphyllum infundibulare
  • Dasyphyllum lanceolatum
  • Dasyphyllum lanosum
  • Dasyphyllum latifolium
  • Dasyphyllum lehmannii
  • Dasyphyllum leiocephalum
  • Dasyphyllum leptacanthum
  • Dasyphyllum luetzelburgii
  • Dasyphyllum maria-lianae
  • Dasyphyllum orthacanthum
  • Dasyphyllum popayanense
  • Dasyphyllum reticulatum
  • Dasyphyllum spinescens
  • Dasyphyllum sprengelianum
  • Dasyphyllum synacanthum
  • Dasyphyllum tomentosum
  • Dasyphyllum trichophyllum
  • Dasyphyllum vagans
  • Dasyphyllum varians
  • Dasyphyllum velutinum
  • Dasyphyllum vepreculatum
  • Dasyphyllum weberbaueri

Etymology of genus name

The genus name Dasyphyllum is a compound of the Greek elements δασύς ( dasus ) 'hairy' and φύλλον ( phyllon ) 'leaf', thus meaning "plant with hairy leaves".[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund. 1818. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (folio ed.) 4: 13–14
  2. [2]
    Tropicos, Dasyphyllum Kunth
  3. [3]
    (in Spanish) Dasyphyllum. Arboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador. eFloras.
  4. [4]
    Dasyphyllum. The Plant List.
  5. [5]
    Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  6. [6]
    Cunliffe, Richard John, A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect, pub. Blackie and Son Ltd. 1924.

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