Hypodiscus | |
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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.
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Synonyms [2] | |
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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 included at one time in Hypodiscus but now in other genera ( Cannomois, Willdenowia)