Biology:Dasysphaera

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Dasysphaera
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Dasysphaera
Volkens ex Gilg
Species

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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.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2840869 entry