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Hypselodelphys

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

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Hypselodelphys
Hypselodelphys poggeana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Hypselodelphys
(K.Schum.) Milne-Redh.
Synonyms1
  • Trachyphrynium sect. Hypselodelphys K. Schum.

Hypselodelphys is a group of plants in the Marantaceae described as a genus in 1950.21 native to tropical Africa from Liberia to Uganda and south to Angola.34 It contains 8 recognized species:

species3
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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.