Biology:Hypolaena

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Hypolaena
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Hypolaena
R.Br.
Type species
Hypolaena fastigiata
R.Br.

Hypolaena is a plant genus in the family Restionaceae, described as a genus in 1810.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to Australia .[3]

Species[4][5]
  • Hypolaena caespitosa B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson - WA
  • Hypolaena exsulca R.Br. - WA
  • Hypolaena fastigiata R.Br. - Tassel Rope-rush - WA, SA, NSW, Vic, Tas, Qld
  • Hypolaena grandiuscula F.Muell.
  • Hypolaena humilis (Gilg.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson - WA
  • Hypolaena pubescens (R.Br.) Nees - WA
  • Hypolaena robusta Meney & Pate - WA
  • Hypolaena viridis B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson - WA
formerly included[3]

A few dozen other species have been placed in the genus over the years but are now considered members of other genera: Anthochortus Calorophus Chordifex Desmocladus Empodisma Loxocarya Mastersiella Platycaulos Restio Stenotalis

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5959666 entry