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]
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Scientific classification 
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| 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]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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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
edit- ^ a b Tropicos, Hypodiscus Endl.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1836. Introduction to the Natural System of Botany 450
External links
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