Hypodiscus

Hypodiscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Hypodiscus
Nees
Type species
Hypodiscus aristatus
(Thunb.) C.Krauss.[1]
Synonyms[2]

Hypodiscus is a group of plants in the Restionaceae described as a genus in 1836.[1][3]

The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.[2]

Species[2]
  1. Hypodiscus alboaristatus
  2. Hypodiscus alternans
  3. Hypodiscus argenteus
  4. Hypodiscus aristatus
  5. Hypodiscus laevigatus
  6. Hypodiscus montanus
  7. Hypodiscus neesii
  8. Hypodiscus procurrens
  9. Hypodiscus rigidus
  10. Hypodiscus rugosus
  11. Hypodiscus squamosus
  12. Hypodiscus striatus
  13. Hypodiscus sulcatus
  14. Hypodiscus synchroolepis
  15. Hypodiscus willdenowia
formerly included

species included at one time in Hypodiscus but now in other genera (Cannomois, Willdenowia)

  1. Hypodiscus dodii - Willdenowia humilis
  2. Hypodiscus nitidus - Cannomois nitida

References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos, Hypodiscus Endl.
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1836. Introduction to the Natural System of Botany 450


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