Hyperthelia

Genus of grasses

Hyperthelia
inflorescences of H. dissoluta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Andropogoninae
Genus: Hyperthelia
Clayton
Type species
Hyperthelia dissoluta
(Nees ex Steud.) Clayton[1]

Hyperthelia is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[2][3]

Species[4][5]
  • Hyperthelia colobantha Clayton - Central African Rep
  • Hyperthelia cornucopiae (Hack.) Clayton - Central African Rep, Chad, South Sudan
  • Hyperthelia dissoluta (Nees ex Steud.) Clayton - most of sub-Saharan Africa incl Madagascar; naturalized in Latin America
  • Hyperthelia edulis (C.E.Hubb.) Clayton - South Sudan
  • Hyperthelia kottoensis Desc. & Mazade - Central African Rep
  • Hyperthelia polychaeta Clayton - Central African Rep

References

  1. ^ Tropicos, Hyperthelia Clayton
  2. ^ Clayton, William Derek. 1967. Kew Bulletin 20: 438
  3. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ^ The Plant List search for Hyperthelia
Taxon identifiers
Hyperthelia


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