Lasiospermum

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = 20180625 GGIGardens Steppe DSCN0190.jpg

| image_caption = Lasiospermum bipinnatum

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| taxon = Lasiospermum

| authority = Lag. 1816, conserved name not Fisch. 1812

| type_species = Lasiospermum pedunculare

| type_species_authority = Lag.

| synonyms =

• Eriocarpha Lag. ex DC.
• Eriosphaera F.Dietr.

}}

Lasiospermum (cocoonhead){{PLANTS|id=LASIO|taxon=Lasiospermum|accessdate=30 May 2015}} is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.Lagasca y Segura, Mariano. 1816. Genera et species plantarum, Elench. Pl. 31[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40002312 Tropicos, Lasiospermum Lag.]

; Species[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=7bc4a683-9ab1-4ba0-b5f6-970cf53265ba Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20141212204618/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=7bc4a683-9ab1-4ba0-b5f6-970cf53265ba |date=2014-12-12 }}[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Lasiospermum The Plant List search for Lasiospermum]

• Lasiospermum bipinnatum (Thunb.) Druce - Lesotho; introduced in Australia, California
• Lasiospermum brachyglossum DC. - Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Palestine
• Lasiospermum pedunculare Lag. - South Africa
• Lasiospermum poterioides Hutch. - South Africa

; Species in homonymic genus

Species included in Lasiospermum Fisch. 1812,Fischer, Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von. 1812 Catalogue du Jardin des Plants de S. E. Monsieur le Comte Alexis Razoumoffsky ed. 2, page 34[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=9677-1&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditAdvPlantNameSearch.do%3Ffind_infragenus%3D%26find_geoUnit%3D%26find_includePublicationAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_addedSince%3D%26find_family%3D%26find_genus%3DLasiospermum%26find_infrafamily%3D%26find_rankToReturn%3Dgen%26find_publicationTitle%3D%26find_authorAbbrev%3D%26find_infraspecies%3D%26find_includeBasionymAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_modifiedSince%3D%26find_species%3D%26output_format%3Dnormal The International Plant Names Index] now assigned to Lasiospora and Scorzonera

• Lasiospermum angustifolium Fisch. - Scorzonera biebersteinii Lipsch.
• Lasiospermum ensifolium (M.Bieb.) Fisch. - Scorzonera ensifolia M.Bieb.
• Lasiospermum hirtum Fisch. - Lasiospora hirsuta (Gouan) Cass.