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]
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| Hypocalyptus sophoroides | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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) |
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The genus belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and is the only genus found in tribe Hypocalypteae.[4][5]
Species
editHypocalyptus comprises the following species:[3][1][6][7][8]
- Hypocalyptus coluteoides (Lam.) R. Dahlgren
- Hypocalyptus oxalidifolius (Sims) Baill.
- Hypocalyptus sophoroides (P.J.Bergius) Baill.
Formerly placed here
edit- Hypocalyptus calyptratus (Retz.) Thunb. is a synonym of Podalyria calyptrata
- Hypocalyptus capensis Thunb. is a synonym of Virgilia oroboides subsp. oroboides
- Hypocalyptus pedunculatus (Thunb.) Thunb. is a synonym of Podalyria biflora[9]
- Hypocalyptus sericeus Thunb. is a synonym of Podalyria leipoldtii[10]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Hypocalyptus Thunb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Hypocalyptus". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The Plant List entry for Hypocalyptus". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ Hypocalyptus pedunculatus (Thunb.) Thunb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ Hypocalyptus sericeus Thunb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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