Dasysphaera

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Dasysphaera

Species: D. alternifolia – D. hyposericea – D. robecchii – D. tomentosa
Name

Dasysphaera Volkens ex Gilg, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. [Engler & Prantl] II-IV, I: 153. 1897

Type species: not designated

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia
East Tropical Africa
Kenya, Tanzania

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Gilg, E.F. 1897. Amarantaceae. pp. 151–154. in Engler, A. & Prantl, K. (eds.), Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien Nachträge II–IV, 1. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. BHL Reference page. : 153.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Dasysphaera. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Dasysphaera. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 18 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Dasysphaera in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 18. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Dasysphaera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Jul. 2019.

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.

References

"Dasysphaera Volkens ex Gilg". Plants of the World Online Kew Science, retrieved 18 June 2020.
"Catalogue of Life - 2020-04-16 Beta". Catalogue of Life, retrieved 18 June 2020.