Hypolytrum
Encyclopedia
Hypolytrum is a genus of plant
in family Cyperaceae
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Species include:
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in family Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae are a family of monocotyledonous graminoid flowering plants known as sedges, which superficially resemble grasses or rushes. The family is large, with some 5,500 species described in about 109 genera. These species are widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group...
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Species include:
- Hypolytrum amorimii
- Hypolytrum bahiense
- Hypolytrum heterophyllum
- Hypolytrum jardimii
- Hypolytrum leptocalamum
- Hypolytrum nemorum
- Hypolytrum paraense
- Hypolytrum pseudomapanioidesHypolytrum pseudomapanioidesHypolytrum pseudomapanioides is a species of plant in the Cyperaceae family. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
, D.A.Simpson & Lye in press - Hypolytrum subcompositusHypolytrum subcompositusHypolytrum subcompositus is a species of plant in the Cyperaceae family. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
, Lye & D.A.Simpson
Further reading
- Vinicius Alves, M., W. W. Thomas, and M. D. Lapa Wanderley. (2002). New species of Hypolytrum Rich. (Cyperaceae) from the Neotropics. Brittonia 54:2 124-34.