{{Short description|Genus of succulents}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum.jpg |image_caption = ''Disphyma crassifolium'' subsp. ''clavellatum'' |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Disphyma |authority = N.E.Br. }}
'''''Disphyma''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae that are native to New Zealand, Australia, and the Cape Provinces of South Africa. Plants in this genus are prostrate, annual or short-lived perennial shrubs with succulent leaves and daisy-like flowers arranged singly on the ends of shoots with petal-like staminodes, many stamens and usually five styles.
==Description== Plants in the genus ''Disphyma'' are prostrate, annual plants or short-lived perennials with branches that root at nodes. The leaves are arranged alternately and fused at the base, succulent and round to more or less triangular in cross-section. The flowers are usually arranged singly, sometimes in pairs or three, on the ends of branches or on short side shoots, each flower on a pedicel up to {{cvt|100|mm}} long. The perianth is tube-shaped with five sepals, two larger and leaf-like and three smaller, slightly succulent and not leaf-like. There are many petal-like, purplish staminodes in two rows and many stamens in four or five rows. The ovary is inferior and there are usually five styles. The fruit is a capsule.<ref name="RBGV">{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Neville G. |title=''Disphyma'' |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/2b758014-828d-4076-806c-120bbb6795be |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="RBGS">{{cite web |last1=Jacobs |first1=Surrey Wilfrid Laurance |last2=Highet |first2=Jeannie |title=Genus ''Disphyma'' |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&showsyn=&dist=&constat=&lvl=gn&name=Disphyma |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref>
==Taxonomy== The genus ''Disphyma'' was first formally described in 1925 by N. E. Brown in ''The Gardeners' Chronicle''.<ref name=APNI1>{{cite web|title=''Disphyma''|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/488030|publisher=APNI|access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=''Disphyma'' N.E.Br. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:16167-1 |publisher=Plants of the World Online |access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref>
As at October 2020, Plants of the World Online accepts four species: * ''Disphyma australe'' <small>(Sol. ex Aiton) J.M.Black</small> that is endemic to New Zealand;<ref name="POWO1">{{cite web |title=''Disphyma australe'' (Sol. ex Aiton) J.M.Black |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:361625-1 |publisher=Plants of the World Online |access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref> * ''Disphyma crassifolium'' <small>(L.) L.Bolus</small> that is native to Australia and the Cape Province in southern Africa;<ref name="POWO2">{{cite web |title=''Disphyma crassifolium'' (L.) L.Bolus |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:361626-1 |publisher=Plants of the World Online |access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref> * ''Disphyma dunsdonii'' <small>L.Bolus</small> that is endemic to the Cape Province;<ref name="POWO3">{{cite web |title=''Disphyma dunsdonii'' L.Bolus |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:361627-1 |publisher=Plants of the World Online |access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref> * ''Disphyma papillatum'' <small>Chinnock</small> that is endemic to the Chatham Islands on New Zealand;<ref name="POWO4">{{cite web |title=''Disphyma papillatum'' Chinnock |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:16167-1 |publisher=Plants of the World Online |access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref>
Plants of the World Online also accepts two subspecies: * ''Disphyma australe'' subsp. ''stricticaule'' <small>Chinnock</small> that is endemic to Kermadec Island of New Zealand;<ref name="POWO5">{{cite web |title=''Disphyma australe'' subsp. ''stricticaule''|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:874022-1 |publisher=Plants of the World Online |access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref> * ''Disphyma crassifolium'' subsp. ''clavellatum''<small> (Haw.) Chinnock</small> that is endemic to Australia and has been introduced to the South Island of New Zealand.<ref name="POWO6">{{cite web |title=''Disphyma crassifolium'' subsp. ''clavellatum''|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:953044-1 |publisher=Plants of the World Online |access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref>
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Category:Aizoaceae Category:Aizoaceae genera Category:Flora of Australia Category:Flora of New Zealand Category:Flora of the Cape Provinces Category:Taxa named by N. E. Brown