Biology:Hyperthelia

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Hyperthelia
Hyperthelia dissoluta, bloeiwyses, Roodeplaat NR, a.jpg
inflorescences of H. dissoluta
Scientific classification e
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

Wikidata ☰ Q2406155 entry