Hybanthus

Hybanthus

Hybanthus enneaspermus at Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Violaceae
Genus:	Hybanthus
Species
See text.

Hybanthus is a genus of the family Violaceae. This genus name is Greek for "humpback flower", referring to the drooping pedicels of plants that are part of this genus. The genus is grossly polyphyletic and may contain up to seven different genera, of which Pombalia Vand., Cubelium Raf. and Pigea DC. have been previously recognised.

Species

Hybanthus contains the following species:

Hybanthus attenuatus
Hybanthus aurantiacus (Benth.) F.Muell.^[1]
Hybanthus calycinus (DC.) F.Muell.^[1]
Hybanthus concolor
Hybanthus cymulosus C.A.Gardner^[1]
Hybanthus debilissimus F.Muell.^[1]
Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.) F.Muell.^[1]
Hybanthus floribundus (Lindl.) F.Muell.^[1]
Hybanthus linearifolius
Hybanthus monopetalus (Schult.) Domin^[1]
Hybanthus stellarioides (Domin) P.I.Forst.^[1]
Hybanthus vernonii (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ^[1]
Hybanthus verticillatus
Hybanthus volubilis E.M.Benn^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Hybanthus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=HYBANTHUS. Retrieved 2008-10-02.

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