Dasyphyllum

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Dasyphyllum Minas Gerais Brazil.jpg

|image_caption = Dasyphyllum sprengelianum

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|taxon = Dasyphyllum

|authority = Kunth

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|synonyms =

  • Chuquiraga sect. Erinesa D.Don
  • Piptocarpha Hook. & Arn.
  • Flotowia Endl.
  • Flotovia Spreng.

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Dasyphyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund. 1818. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (folio ed.) 4: 13–14[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40022226 Tropicos, Dasyphyllum Kunth ] It is distributed in South America, with several species in southeastern Brazil.{{in lang|es}} [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=201&taxon_id=109353 Dasyphyllum.] Arboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador. eFloras.

Species include:[http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Compositae/Dasyphyllum/ Dasyphyllum.] The Plant List.[https://archive.today/20141106174748/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]

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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".Cunliffe, Richard John, A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect, pub. Blackie and Son Ltd. 1924.

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