Dasysphaera

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]

Dasysphaera
The flower of Dasysphaera prostrata, an arid-adapted shrub that grows on saline or alkaline soils in the Lake Turkana region of northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Subfamily:	Amaranthoideae
Genus:	Dasysphaera Volkens ex Gilg
Species
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The genus has four accepted species:^[2]

• Dasysphaera alternifolia Chiov.
• Dasysphaera hyposericea (Chiov.) C.C.Townsend
• Dasysphaera robecchii Lopr.
• Dasysphaera tomentosa Lopr.

The species Dasysphaera prostrata has been variably assigned either to the genus Dasysphaera or to Volkensinia.^[3][4]