Hypselodelphys

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Hypselodelphys
Hypselodelphys poggeana (Marantaceae) (23817615873).jpg
Hypselodelphys poggeana
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Hypselodelphys
(K.Schum.)
Synonyms[1]
  • Trachyphrynium sect. Hypselodelphys K. Schum.

Hypselodelphys is a group of plants in the Marantaceae described as a genus in 1950.[2][1] native to tropical Africa from Liberia to Uganda and south to Angola.[3][4] It contains 8 recognized species:

species[3]
  • – Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
  • – Gabon
  • – tropical Africa from Liberia to Angola
  • – Central Africa from Nigeria to Uganda and Angola
  • – Liberia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo
  • – Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast
  • – tropical Africa from Liberia to Angola
  • – Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

References[]

  1. ^ a b Tropicos, Hypselodelphys (K.Schum.) Milne-Redh
  2. ^ Milne-Redhead, Edgar Wolston Bertram Handsley. 1950. Kew Bulletin 1950: 160
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Hypselodelphys
  4. ^ Edgar Wolston Bertram Handsley Milne-Redhead. 1950. Kew. Bull. 1950: 160.
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