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]

Dasyphyllum
Dasyphyllum sprengelianum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Barnadesioideae
Tribe: Barnadesieae
Genus: Dasyphyllum
Kunth
Synonyms
  • Chuquiraga sect. Erinesa D.Don
  • Piptocarpha Hook. & Arn.
  • Flotowia Endl.
  • Flotovia Spreng.
Dasyphyllum brasiliense

Species include:[4][5]

Etymology of genus name

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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

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

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