Hypselodelphys
Genus of flowering plants
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Hypselodelphys is a group of plants in the Marantaceae described as a genus in 1950.[2][1] native to tropical Africa from Liberia to Uganda and south to Angola.[3][4] It contains 8 recognized species:
- species[3]
- Hypselodelphys hirsuta – Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
- Hypselodelphys lopei – Gabon
- Hypselodelphys poggeana – tropical Africa from Liberia to Angola
- Hypselodelphys scandens – Central Africa from Nigeria to Uganda and Angola
- Hypselodelphys triangularis – Liberia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo
- Hypselodelphys velutina – Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast
- Hypselodelphys violacea – tropical Africa from Liberia to Angola
- Hypselodelphys zenkeriana – Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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| Hypselodelphys | |
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| Hypselodelphys poggeana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Marantaceae |
| Genus: | Hypselodelphys (K.Schum.) Milne-Redh. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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