Dasysphaera
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| Dasysphaera | |
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| File:Dasysphaera prostrata Doug Weller.jpg | |
| The flower of Dasysphaera prostrata, an arid-adapted shrub that grows on saline or alkaline soils in the Lake Turkana region of northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia. | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaranthoideae |
| Genus: | Dasysphaera Volkens ex Gilg |
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Dasysphaera is a genus of plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae and is found in Africa distributed in north-east and east tropical Africa.[1]
The genus has four accepted species:[2]
- Dasysphaera alternifolia Chiov.
- Dasysphaera hyposericea (Chiov.) C.C.Townsend
- Dasysphaera robecchii Lopr.
- Dasysphaera tomentosa Lopr.
The species Dasysphaera prostrata has been variably assigned either to the genus Dasysphaera or to Volkensinia.[3][4]
References
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- ^ Townsend, C.C., 1979. The Genera Dasysphaera and Volkensinia: Notes on Amaranthaceae: IV. Kew Bulletin, pp.417-419.
- ^ Ghazanfar, S.A., Beentje, H.J. (2010). Sabkha Regions of Tropical East Africa. In: Öztürk, M., Böer, B., Barth, HJ., Clüsener-Godt, M., Khan, M., Breckle, SW. (eds) Sabkha Ecosystems. Tasks for Vegetation Science, vol 46. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9673-9_1
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