Tetraena stapfii

Tetraena stapfii (Afrikaans: daalderplant, English: dollar bush) is a species of flowering bush endemic to Namibia.

Tetraena stapfii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Zygophyllales
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Genus: Tetraena
Species:
T. stapfii
Binomial name
Tetraena stapfii
(Schinz) Beier & Thulin
Synonyms
  • Zygophyllum marlothii Engl.

It grows in the Namib ecoregion along the Atlantic Ocean coast. Most of this plant's moisture comes from the morning mist. The shrub's round, coin-like leaves lend it its colloquial name: daalder is an old Dutch coin worth one and a half guilders.[1]

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References

  1. "EOL". Encyclopedia of Life. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.


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