Hypocalyptus
Genus of legumes
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Hypocalyptus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species of shrubs, subshrubs or small trees native to the Cape region of South Africa. Typical habitats include Mediterranean-climate shrubland (fynbos) at forest margins, in rocky and sandy areas, and along streams, often at high elevations.[3]
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| Hypocalyptus sophoroides | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Clade: | Meso-Papilionoideae |
| Clade: | Non-protein amino acid-accumulating clade |
| Tribe: | Hypocalypteae (Yakovlev) A. L. Schutte and Van Wyk B-E.[1] |
| Genus: | Hypocalyptus Thunb. (1800) |
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The genus belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and is the only genus found in tribe Hypocalypteae.[4][5]
Species
Formerly placed here
- Hypocalyptus calyptratus (Retz.) Thunb. is a synonym of Podalyria calyptrata
- Hypocalyptus capensis Thunb. is a synonym of Virgilia oroboides subsp. oroboides
- Hypocalyptus pedunculatus (Thunb.) Thunb. is a synonym of Podalyria biflora[9]
- Hypocalyptus sericeus Thunb. is a synonym of Podalyria leipoldtii[10]
