[= Heteroptilis suffruticosa]

Duineseldery [Afrikaans]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Asterids >  Euasterid II > Order: Apiales >  Family: Apiaceae

The only species in the genus. Found along the South African coastline.

See West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 188; Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 184; Hottentots Holland to Hermanus wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 142.

Publications

• Burtt, B.L. 1991. Umbelliferae of southern Africa: an introduction and annotated checklist. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 48: 133-282.

• Tilney, P.M. & van Wyk, B-E. 1995. Unusual structural variation in the fruit of Dasispermum suffruticosum (Apiaceae): a new record of heteromorphic fruits in the family. South African Journal of Botany 61: 245-248.