Hybanthus
Genus of flowering plants in Eudicot family Violaceae
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Hybanthus (green-violet)[2] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Violaceae. This genus name is Greek for "humpback flower", referring to the drooping pedicels of plants that are part of this genus. The genus is grossly polyphyletic and may contain up to nine different genera, of which Pombalia Vand., Cubelium Raf. and Pigea DC. have been previously recognised.[3]
| Hybanthus | |
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| Hybanthus enneaspermus at Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Violaceae |
| Subfamily: | Violoideae |
| Tribe: | Violeae |
| Genus: | Hybanthus Jacq. |
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Species
Hybanthus contains the following species:
- Hybanthus attenuatus
- Hybanthus aurantiacus (Benth.) F.Muell.[4]
- Hybanthus calycinus (DC.) F.Muell.[4]
- Hybanthus concolor
- Hybanthus cymulosus C.A.Gardner[4]
- Hybanthus debilissimus F.Muell.[4]
- Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.) F.Muell.[4]
- Hybanthus epacroides (L.) Melch.[4]
- Hybanthus floribundus (Lindl.) F.Muell.[4]
- Hybanthus linearifolius
- Hybanthus monopetalus (Schult.) Domin[4]
- Hybanthus stellarioides (Domin) P.I.Forst.[4]
- Hybanthus vernonii (F.Muell.) F.Muell. [4]
- Hybanthus verticillatus
- Hybanthus volubilis E.M.Benn.[4]
