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Hyperbaena

Hyperbaena is a genus of plants in family Menispermaceae. It includes 23 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Cuba and southern Mexico to northeastern Argentina.

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Hyperbaena
Illustration of Hyperbaena domingensis (orig. Cocculus domingensis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Menispermaceae
Genus: Hyperbaena
Miers ex Benth. (1861), nom. cons.
Species1

23; see text

Synonyms1
  • Alina Adans. (1763)
  • Vimen P.Browne (1756), not validly publ.

Hyperbaena is a genus of plants in family Menispermaceae.2 It includes 23 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Cuba and southern Mexico to northeastern Argentina.1

Species

23 species are accepted.1

  • Hyperbaena allenii Standl.
  • Hyperbaena axilliflora (Griseb.) Urb.
  • Hyperbaena brevipes Urb. & Ekman
  • Hyperbaena columbica (Eichler) Miers
  • Hyperbaena cubensis (Griseb.) Urb.
  • Hyperbaena domingensis (DC.) Benth.
  • Hyperbaena eladioana Q.Jiménez
  • Hyperbaena hassleri Diels
  • Hyperbaena ilicifolia Standl.
  • Hyperbaena jalcomulcensis E.Pérez & Cast.-Campos
  • Hyperbaena laurifolia (Poir.) Urb.
  • Hyperbaena leptobotryosa (Donn.Sm.) Standl.
  • Hyperbaena lindmanii Urb.
  • Hyperbaena mexicana Miers
  • Hyperbaena oblongifolia (Eichler) Chodat & Hassl.
  • Hyperbaena prioriana Miers
  • Hyperbaena smilacina Standl.
  • Hyperbaena standleyi Mathias & W.T.Theob.
  • Hyperbaena tonduzii Diels
  • Hyperbaena undulata Urb. & Ekman
  • Hyperbaena valida Miers
  • Hyperbaena vulcania Standl. & Steyerm.
  • Hyperbaena winzerlingii Standl.
References

References

  1. Hyperbaena Miers ex Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  2. Mathias, Mildred E.; Theobald, William L. (January 1981). "A Revision of the genus Hyperbaena (Menispermaceae)". Brittonia. 33 (1): 81. Bibcode:1981Britt..33...81M. doi:10.2307/2806582. ISSN 0007-196X. JSTOR 2806582.