Hyperthelia

Hyperthelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Hyperthelia
Clayton
Type species
Hyperthelia dissoluta
(Nees ex Steud.) Clayton[1]

Hyperthelia is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[2][3]

Species[4][5]
  1. Hyperthelia colobantha Clayton - Central African Rep
  2. Hyperthelia cornucopiae (Hack.) Clayton - Central African Rep, Chad, South Sudan
  3. Hyperthelia dissoluta (Nees ex Steud.) Clayton - most of sub-Saharan Africa incl Madagascar; naturalized in Latin America
  4. Hyperthelia edulis (C.E.Hubb.) Clayton - South Sudan
  5. Hyperthelia kottoensis Desc. & Mazade - Central African Rep
  6. Hyperthelia polychaeta Clayton - Central African Rep

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, Hyperthelia Clayton
  2. ↑ Clayton, William Derek. 1967. Kew Bulletin 20: 438
  3. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ↑ The Plant List search for Hyperthelia


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