Dasyphyllum



Dasyphyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is distributed in South America, with several species in southeastern Brazil.

Species include: • Dasyphyllum argenteum

• Dasyphyllum armatum

• Dasyphyllum brasiliense

• Dasyphyllum brevispinum

• Dasyphyllum cabrerae

• Dasyphyllum candolleanum

• Dasyphyllum chapadense

• Dasyphyllum colombianum

• Dasyphyllum cryptocephalum

• Dasyphyllum diacanthoides

• Dasyphyllum donianum

• Dasyphyllum excelsum

• Dasyphyllum ferox

• Dasyphyllum flagellare

• Dasyphyllum floribundum

• Dasyphyllum fodinarum

• Dasyphyllum horridum

• Dasyphyllum hystrix

• Dasyphyllum inerme

• Dasyphyllum infundibulare

• Dasyphyllum lanceolatum

• Dasyphyllum lanosum

• Dasyphyllum latifolium

• Dasyphyllum lehmannii

• Dasyphyllum leiocephalum

• Dasyphyllum leptacanthum

• Dasyphyllum luetzelburgii

• Dasyphyllum maria-lianae

• Dasyphyllum orthacanthum

• Dasyphyllum popayanense

• Dasyphyllum reticulatum

• Dasyphyllum spinescens

• Dasyphyllum sprengelianum

• Dasyphyllum synacanthum

• Dasyphyllum tomentosum

• Dasyphyllum trichophyllum

• Dasyphyllum vagans

• Dasyphyllum varians

• Dasyphyllum velutinum

• Dasyphyllum vepreculatum

• Dasyphyllum weberbaueri

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".