Hypocalyptus

Hypocalyptus
Hypocalyptus sophoroides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Meso-Papilionoideae
Clade: Non-protein amino acid-accumulating clade
Tribe: Hypocalypteae
(Yakovlev) A. L. Schutte and Van Wyk B-E.[1]
Genus: Hypocalyptus
Thunb. (1800)
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1][2]
  • Crotalaria sect. Purpureae Benth.
  • Duvalia Bonpl. (1813), nom. illeg.
  • Loddigesia Sims (1808)

Hypocalyptus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species of shrubs, subshrubs or small trees native to the Cape region of South Africa. Typical habitats include Mediterranean-climate shrubland (fynbos) at forest margins, in rocky and sandy areas, and along streams, often at high elevations.[3]

The genus belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and is the only genus found in tribe Hypocalypteae.[4][5]

Species

Hypocalyptus comprises the following species:[3][1][6][7][8]

Formerly placed here

References

  1. ^ a b c Schutte AL, Van Wyk B-E (1998). "The tribal position of Hypocalyptus Thunberg (Fabaceae)". Novon. 8 (2): 178–182. doi:10.2307/3391993. JSTOR 3391993.
  2. ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Duvalia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b Hypocalyptus Thunb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  4. ^ Cardoso D, de Queiroz LP, Pennington RT, de Lima HC, Fonty É, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M (2012). "Revisiting the phylogeny of papilionoid legumes: new insights from comprehensively sampled early-branching lineages". Am J Bot. 99 (12): 1991–2013. doi:10.3732/ajb.1200380. PMID 23221500.
  5. ^ Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk B-E, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001. hdl:10566/3193.
  6. ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Hypocalyptus". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  7. ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Hypocalyptus". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  8. ^ "The Plant List entry for Hypocalyptus". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  9. ^ Hypocalyptus pedunculatus (Thunb.) Thunb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  10. ^ Hypocalyptus sericeus Thunb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 September 2023.


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