''Hybanthus'' (green-violet) is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
Violaceae
Violaceae is a family of flowering plants established in 1802, consisting of about 1000 species in about 25 genera. It takes its name from the genus ''Viola'', the violets and pansies.
Older classifications such as the Cronquist system placed t ...
. This genus name is
Greek
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for "humpback flower", referring to the drooping
pedicels
In botany, a pedicel is a stem that attaches a single flower to the inflorescence. Such inflorescences are described as ''pedicellate''.
Description
Pedicel refers to a structure connecting a single flower to its inflorescence. In the absenc ...
of plants that are part of this genus. The genus is grossly
polyphyletic
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage of organisms or other evolving elements that is of mixed evolutionary origin. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as homoplasies, which are explained as a result of converg ...
and may contain up to nine different genera, of which ''Pombalia'' Vand., ''Cubelium'' Raf. and ''Pigea'' DC. have been previously recognised.
[G. A. Wahlert, T. Marcussen, J. Paula-Souza, Min Feng, and H. E. Ballard, Jr. A Phylogeny of the Violaceae (Malpighiales) Inferred from Plastid DNA Sequences: Implications for Generic Diversity and Intrafamilial Classification. Systematic Botany 39. 1. 239-252. 2014]
Species
''Hybanthus'' contains the following species:
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Hybanthus attenuatus
''Hybanthus'' (green-violet) 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 m ...
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Hybanthus aurantiacus
''Hybanthus'' (green-violet) 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 m ...
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(Benth.
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) F.Muell.
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*'']Hybanthus calycinus
''Hybanthus calycinus'' (wild violet) is a perennial herb of the violet family, Violaceae. The species is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.
It is 20 to 60 mm high and has leaves which are 20 to 45 mm long. Racemes of 5 o ...
'' (DC.
Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle ...
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*'']Hybanthus cymulosus
''Hybanthus'' (green-violet) 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 m ...
'' C.A.Gardner[
*'']Hybanthus debilissimus
''Hybanthus'' (green-violet) 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 m ...
'' F.Muell.[
*'']Hybanthus enneaspermus
''Hybanthus'' (green-violet) 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 m ...
'' (L.) F.Muell.[
*'']Hybanthus epacroides
''Hybanthus'' (green-violet) 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 m ...
'' (L.) Melch.[
*'']Hybanthus floribundus
''Hybanthus floribundus'' ( shrub violet) is a plant in the Violaceae family, found in southern Western Australia, southern South Australia, Victoria and southern New South Wales.
''Hybanthus floribundus'' was first described as ''Pigea flori ...
'' (Lindl.
John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist.
Early years
Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley ...
) F.Muell.[
*'']Hybanthus linearifolius
''Hybanthus'' (green-violet) 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 m ...
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*'' Hybanthus monopetalus'' (Schult.
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) Domin[
*'']Hybanthus stellarioides
''Hybanthus stellarioides'', commonly known as spade flower is an annual herb of the genus ''Hybanthus'', native to Australia.
Description
''Hybanthus stellarioides'' is an annual herb to high, with scattered, sparse hairs on the stem. The leav ...
'' (Domin
Karel Domin (4 May 1882, Kutná Hora, Kingdom of Bohemia – 10 June 1953, Prague) was a Czech botanist and politician.
After gymnasium school studies in Příbram, he studied botany at the Charles University in Prague, and graduated in 1906 ...
) P.I.Forst.[
*'']Hybanthus vernonii
''Hybanthus vernonii'', the erect violet, is a small plant in the violet family. Found in eastern Australia in eucalyptus woodland, often in sheltered sites on sandstone
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'' (F.Muell.) F.Muell. [
*'']Hybanthus verticillatus
''Hybanthus'' (green-violet) 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 m ...
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*'' Hybanthus volubilis'' E.M.Benn.
Eleanor Marion Bennett (born 4 February 1942) (née Scrymgeour) is an Australian botanist who was employed by the Western Australian Herbarium from 1965 to 1970. She collected ''Eucalyptus'' species in the south-west of Western Australia and pub ...
References
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External links
Malpighiales genera
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