Hypolytrum

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.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Hypolytrum
Hypolytrum bullatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Hypolytrum Rich.
Synonyms[1]
Beera P.Beauv. in T.G.Lestiboudois Tunga Roxb. Albikia J.Presl & C.Presl

Species include:

• Hypolytrum amorimii
• Hypolytrum bahiense
• Hypolytrum heterophyllum
• Hypolytrum jardimii
• Hypolytrum leptocalamum
• Hypolytrum nemorum
• Hypolytrum paraense
• Hypolytrum pseudomapanioides, D.A.Simpson & Lye in press
• Hypolytrum subcompositus, Lye & D.A.Simpson

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
3. Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 168, 割鸡芒属 ge ji mang shu, Hypolytrum Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 70. 1805.
4. Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
5. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
6. 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,.

Further reading

• 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.