Hypodiscus

Hypodiscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus:
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]
  • Hypodiscus alboaristatus
  • Hypodiscus alternans
  • Hypodiscus argenteus
  • Hypodiscus aristatus
  • Hypodiscus laevigatus
  • Hypodiscus montanus
  • Hypodiscus neesii
  • Hypodiscus procurrens
  • Hypodiscus rigidus
  • Hypodiscus rugosus
  • Hypodiscus squamosus
  • Hypodiscus striatus
  • Hypodiscus sulcatus
  • Hypodiscus synchroolepis
  • Hypodiscus willdenowia
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. ^ a b Tropicos, Hypodiscus Endl.
  2. ^ a b c 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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