Hypselodelphys

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]
  • Hypselodelphys hirsuta – Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
  • Hypselodelphys lopei – Gabon
  • Hypselodelphys poggeana – tropical Africa from Liberia to Angola
  • Hypselodelphys scandens – Central Africa from Nigeria to Uganda and Angola
  • Hypselodelphys triangularis – Liberia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo
  • Hypselodelphys velutina – Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast
  • Hypselodelphys violacea – tropical Africa from Liberia to Angola
  • Hypselodelphys zenkeriana – Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

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