Hydrophilus is a group of plants in the Restionaceae described as a genus in 1984.[2][3]

Hydrophilus rattrayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Hydrophilus
H.P.Linder
Species:
H. rattrayi
Binomial name
Hydrophilus rattrayi
(Pillans) H.P.Linder
Synonyms[1]

Leptocarpus rattrayi Pillans

There is only one known species, Hydrophilus rattrayi, endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Linder, Hans Peter. 1984. Bothalia 15(1–2): 66
  3. ^ Tropicos, Hydrophilus H.P.Linder