Diastella (lat.) Is a genus of flowering plants of the Protein family , which includes small bushes. The genus name is derived from the ancient Greek diastellein divided, which is associated with divided perianth lobes, which distinguishes the genus from the closely related genus leukospermum in the presence of 4 separate segments. In total, there are 7 species in the genus. Endemic to the Cape region of South Africa [2] . Many species are on the verge of extinction [3] .
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 Diastella fraterna | |||||||||||||||||||
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Diastella Salisb. , 1809 | |||||||||||||||||||
Views
The following species and subspecies belong to the genus [3] [4] :
- Diastella buekii ( Gand. ) Rourke
- Diastella divaricata ( PJ bergius ) Rourke
- Diastella divaricata subsp. divaricata
- Diastella divaricata subsp. montana rourke
- Diastella fraterna rourke
- Diastella myrtifolia ( Thunb. ) Salisb. ex knight
- Diastella parilis Salisb. ex knight
- Diastella proteoides ( L. ) Druce
- Diastella thymelaeoides ( PJ Bergius ) Rourke
- Diastella thymelaeoides subsp. thymelaeoides
- Diastella thymelaeoides subsp. meridiana rourke
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- ↑ Ebrahim, Ismail Diastella buekii . PlantZAfrica . South African National Biodiversity Institute (2009). Date of treatment May 21, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Diastella . Red List of South African Plants . South African National Biodiversity Institute. Date of treatment May 21, 2013.
- ↑ Diastella Salisb. Ex Knight 1809 . Protea Atlas Project . South African National Biodiversity Institute. Date of appeal May 21, 2013. (unavailable link)