Hypolytrum Bahiense
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''Hypolytrum'' is a genus of
plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
in the family
Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...
. It contains approximately 60–70 species, native to tropical
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and various oceanic islands.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,. Species include: * '' Hypolytrum amorimii'' * '' Hypolytrum bahiense'' * ''
Hypolytrum bullatum ''Hypolytrum'' is a genus of plant in the family Cyperaceae. It contains approximately 60–70 species, native to tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, Latin America and various oceanic islands.Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. ...
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Hypolytrum heterophyllum ''Hypolytrum'' is a genus of plant in the family Cyperaceae. It contains approximately 60–70 species, native to tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, Latin America and various oceanic islands.Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. ...
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Hypolytrum jardimii ''Hypolytrum'' is a genus of plant in the family Cyperaceae. It contains approximately 60–70 species, native to tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, Latin America and various oceanic islands.Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. ...
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Hypolytrum leptocalamum ''Hypolytrum'' is a genus of plant in the family Cyperaceae. It contains approximately 60–70 species, native to tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, Latin America and various oceanic islands.Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. ...
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Hypolytrum nemorum ''Hypolytrum nemorum'' is a species of plant in the family Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described i ...
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Hypolytrum paraense ''Hypolytrum'' is a genus of plant in the family Cyperaceae. It contains approximately 60–70 species, native to tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, Latin America and various oceanic islands.Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. ...
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Hypolytrum pseudomapanioides ''Hypolytrum pseudomapanioides'' is a species of plant in the family Cyperaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also ter ...
'', D.A.Simpson & Lye in press * ''
Hypolytrum subcompositus ''Hypolytrum subcompositus'' is a species of plant in the family Cyperaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed ...
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*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. Cyperaceae Cyperaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cyperaceae-stub