Dasyphyllum

Dasyphyllum
Dasyphyllum sprengelianum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Barnadesioideae
Tribe: Barnadesieae
Genus: Dasyphyllum
Kunth[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Flotovia Spreng.
Dasyphyllum brasiliense

Dasyphyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[3][4] It is distributed in South America, with several species in southeastern Brazil.[5]

As of August 2026, Plants of the World Online accepted these species:[2]

  • Dasyphyllum argenteum Kunth
  • Dasyphyllum armatum (J.Kost.) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum brasiliense (Spreng.) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum brevispinum Sagást. & M.O.Dillon
  • Dasyphyllum cabrerae Sagást.
  • Dasyphyllum candolleanum (Gardner) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum colombianum (Cuatrec.) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum cryptocephalum (Baker) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum diamantinense Saavedra & M.Monge
  • Dasyphyllum donianum (Gardner) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum ferox (Wedd.) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum flagellare (Casar.) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum floribundum (Gardner) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum fodinarum (Gardner) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum horridum (Muschl.) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum hystrix (Wedd.) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum inerme (Rusby) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum lanceolatum (Less.) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum latifolium (Gardner) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum lehmannii (Hieron.) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum leiocephalum (Wedd.) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum leptacanthum (Gardner) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum maria-lianae Zardini & Soria
  • Dasyphyllum orthacanthum (DC.) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum popayanense (Hieron.) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum reticulatum (DC.) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum spinescens (Less.) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum sprengelianum (Gardner) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum synacanthum (Baker) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum tomentosum (Spreng.) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum trichophyllum (Baker) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum vagans (Gardner) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum varians (Gardner) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum velutinum (Baker) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum vepreculatum (D.Don) Cabrera
  • Dasyphyllum weberbaueri (Tovar) Cabrera

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. ↑ "genus Dasyphyllum". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Dasyphyllum Kunth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  3. ↑ Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund. 1818. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (folio ed.) 4: 13–14
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Dasyphyllum Kunth
  5. ↑ (in Spanish) Dasyphyllum. Arboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador. eFloras.
  6. ↑ Cunliffe, Richard John, A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect, pub. Blackie and Son Ltd. 1924.

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