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Hypodiscus

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Hypodiscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
Synonyms[2]

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]

The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.[2]

Species[2]
Formerly included

species included at one time in Hypodiscus but now in other genera (Cannomois, Willdenowia)

References

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  1. ^ a b Tropicos, Hypodiscus Endl.
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1836. Introduction to the Natural System of Botany 450
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