Hypodiscus
Genus of flowering plants
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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]
| Hypodiscus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Restionaceae |
| Genus: | Hypodiscus Nees |
| Type species | |
| Hypodiscus aristatus | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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The entire genus is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.[2]
Species
15 species are accepted.[2]
- Hypodiscus alboaristatus (Nees) Mast.
- Hypodiscus alternans Pillans
- Hypodiscus argenteus (Thunb.) Mast.
- Hypodiscus aristatus (Thunb.) C.Krauss
- Hypodiscus laevigatus (Kunth) H.P.Linder
- Hypodiscus montanus Esterh.
- Hypodiscus neesii Mast.
- Hypodiscus procurrens Esterh.
- Hypodiscus rigidus Mast.
- Hypodiscus rugosus Mast.
- Hypodiscus squamosus Esterh.
- Hypodiscus striatus (Kunth) Mast.
- Hypodiscus sulcatus Pillans
- Hypodiscus synchroolepis (Steud.) Mast.
- Hypodiscus willdenowia (Nees) Mast.
- Formerly included
species included at one time in Hypodiscus but now in other genera (Cannomois and Willdenowia)
- Hypodiscus dodii - Willdenowia humilis
- Hypodiscus nitidus - Cannomois nitida
