Biology:Hypodiscus

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Hypodiscus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: 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 named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck and described as a genus in 1836.[1][3]

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

Species[2]
Formerly included

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

  • Hypodiscus dodii - Willdenowia humilis
  • Hypodiscus nitidus - Cannomois nitida

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Tropicos, Hypodiscus Endl.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1836. Introduction to the Natural System of Botany 450

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10299096 entry