Dasispermum Explained

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.^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. 10.1016/j.sajb.2009.12.002 . A taxonomic revision of the South African endemic genus Dasispermum (Apiaceae, Apioideae) . 2010 . Magee . A.R. . Van Wyk . B.-E. . Tilney . P.M. . Downie . S.R. . South African Journal of Botany . 76 . 2 . 308–323 . free .