Dasispermum grandicarpum Magee & B.-E.van Wyk
DD Indigenous Endemic

Morphological description

Erect, monopodial, annual herb, 0.5-0.8 m tall. Stems herbaceous, purple-blotched, not branched at base, simple or slightly dichotomously branched higher up; branches ascending to erect, not sprouting from nodes. Leaves 40-120 x 25-50 mm, 2-pinnate, coriaceous; ultimate leaflet segments linear-oblong, 3-10x<0.5mm, laminate to subterete, concolorous, green, margins entire, venation visible or obscure. Petioles 15-40 mm long, glabrous, purple-blotched. Umbels with peduncle short to long, 15-60 mm long; involucral bracts 4 to 6, lanceolate, coriaceous, acuminate, margins membranous, glabrous; rays (6)10 to 18, 15-35 mm long, scabrid; involucel bracts 4 to 6, linear to lanceolate, coriaceous, acuminate, margins membranous, glabrous; raylets 6 to 14, 4-8 mm long, scabrid. Flowers with petals 0.8-1.0 mm x 0.6-1.0 mm, deeply emarginate, papillose; ovary scabrid; styles usually lengthening as fruit matures, 0.7-1.4 mm long, becoming reflexed and extending well beyond base of stylopodium. Fruit 4.0-6.0 x 3 mm, elliptic in lateral view, base obtuse; mericarps homomorphic; median and lateral ribs as well developed as marginal ribs, prominent, cartilaginous, dorsal surface with fibrous ridges, glabrous; marginal ribs parallel to very slightly concave in lateral view. From: Downie, SR; Magee, AR; Tilney, PM; Van Wyk, B-E. 2010. A taxonomic revision of the South African endemic genus Dasispermum (Apiaceae, Apioideae). S. African J. Bot. 76: 308-323. [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (2010); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]

Like D. hispidum but plants to 80 cm, stem with purple blotches, involucral and involucel bracts never foliose and fruit > 4 mm long. From: Magee, AR; Manning, JC; Van Wyk, B-E; Tilney, PM. 2012. Apiaceae: Dasispermum Raf. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 326-326. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Diagnostic description

Dasispermum grandicarpum is distinguished from all other species by the larger and more erect habit, the purple-blotched stems, and the much larger fruit, >3.9 mm long (<2.5 mm long in the other species). It shares the fibrous ridges of the fruit ribs with D. humile and D. tenue but also differs in the finely divided, subterete ultimate leaflet segments, the presence of both involucral and involucel bracts, and the row of square cells external to the vittae. From: Downie, SR; Magee, AR; Tilney, PM; Van Wyk, B-E. 2010. A taxonomic revision of the South African endemic genus Dasispermum (Apiaceae, Apioideae). S. African J. Bot. 76: 308-323. [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (2010); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]

Habitat

Where it was collected in fynbos vegetation that had burnt the previous year. No plants could be located in subsequent searches by Mr H. Lutzeyer, suggesting that the species may be a short-lived fireweed. From: Downie, SR; Magee, AR; Tilney, PM; Van Wyk, B-E. 2010. A taxonomic revision of the South African endemic genus Dasispermum (Apiaceae, Apioideae). S. African J. Bot. 76: 308-323. [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (2010); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]

Recently burnt limestone flats. From: Magee, AR; Manning, JC; Van Wyk, B-E; Tilney, PM. 2012. Apiaceae: Dasispermum Raf. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 326-326. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Distribution

The species is known only from Grootbos Nature Reserve near Stanford in the Western Cape Province. From: Downie, SR; Magee, AR; Tilney, PM; Van Wyk, B-E. 2010. A taxonomic revision of the South African endemic genus Dasispermum (Apiaceae, Apioideae). S. African J. Bot. 76: 308-323. [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (2010); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]

Gansbaai. From: Magee, AR; Manning, JC; Van Wyk, B-E; Tilney, PM. 2012. Apiaceae: Dasispermum Raf. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 326-326. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Flowering time

October

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Residence status

Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature

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Names and Sources

Accepted name
Dasispermum grandicarpum Magee & B.-E.van Wyk

Published in: S. African J. Bot. 76(2): 315 (2010)

Synonym(s)

Classification

KINGDOM Plantae

SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae

ORDER Apiales

FAMILY Apiaceae

SUBFAMILY Apioideae

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Specimen records

Barcode: NBG1548326-0 Collector(s) & number: Helme, NA, 9773 | 2019-10-10

South Africa, Western Cape, 4.6 km S of Stanford; Farm 691.

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Barcode: NBG0207211-0 Collector(s) & number: Lutzeyer, H, 5A | 2006-12-15

South Africa, Western Cape, Stanford, Grootbos Nature Reserve, Platterug.

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Barcode: PRE1005269-0 Collector(s) & number: Lutzeyer, H, 5A | 2006-12-15

South Africa, Western Cape, Stanford, Grootbos Nature Reserve, Platterug.

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Barcode: NBG0245929-0 Collector(s) & number: Lutzeyer, H, s.n. | 2006-12-

South Africa, Western Cape, Gansbaai. Grootbos Nature Reserve. Lat: 34°33'S; Long:19°25'E

General notes: Alt. 300 ft. Fynbos. Well-drained soil. Sand. Full sun. No slope. SW aspect. Burned. Herb. Plant height 0.90 m. Flowers and fruits present.

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Barcode: NBG0207213-0 Collector(s) & number: Lutzeyer, H, 5 | 2006-10-30

South Africa, Western Cape, Grootbos Nature Reserve. 34°33' S; 19°25' E.

General notes: Fynbos biome. Gentle, hill slope. Sandy, rocky soil. Sandstone. Full sun. S aspect. Burned in February 2006. Herb. Flowers and fruit present. Plant height 0.90 m.

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Observation records

Date: 10/10/2019 10:36:00 AM

Western Cape

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Date: 11/2/2019 10:05:00 AM

Western Cape, South Africa

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Date: 10/4/2023 10:09:00 AM

Western Cape

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Date: 9/9/2024 12:22:00 PM

Western Cape

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Date: 11/20/2024 10:14:00 AM

Western Cape

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Western Cape

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Western Cape

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Western Cape

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Date: 12/18/2024 3:19:24 PM

Western Cape

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PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

A taxonomic revision of the South African endemic genus Dasispermum (Apiaceae, Apioideae) Downie, SR; Magee, AR; Tilney, PM; Van Wyk, B-E

South African Journal of Botany 76: 308-323

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