Hypodiscus

Hypodiscus
Scientific 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 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

References

  1. ^ a b Tropicos, Hypodiscus Endl.
  2. ^ a b c "Hypodiscus Nees". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  3. ^ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1836. Introduction to the Natural System of Botany 450


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