Dasyphyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund. 1818. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (folio ed.) 4: 13–14Tropicos, Dasyphyllum Kunth It is distributed in South America, with several species in southeastern Brazil. Dasyphyllum. Arboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador. eFloras.
, Plants of the World Online accepted these species:
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".Cunliffe, Richard John, A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect, pub. Blackie and Son Ltd. 1924.
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