Hypolaena: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Restionaceae
- Genus
- Hypolaena
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Hypolaena
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Hypolaena
Hypolaena is a plant genus in the family Restionaceae, described as a genus in 1810. The entire genus is endemic to Australia.
- Species
- Hypolaena caespitosa B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson - WA
- Hypolaena exsulca R.Br. - WA
- Hypolaena fastigiata R.Br. - Tassel Rope-rush - WA, SA, NSW, Vic, Tas, Qld
- Hypolaena grandiuscula F.Muell.
- Hypolaena humilis (Gilg.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson - WA
- Hypolaena pubescens (R.Br.) Nees - WA
- Hypolaena robusta Meney & Pate - WA
- Hypolaena viridis B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson - WA
- formerly included
A few dozen other species have been placed in the genus over the years but are now considered members of other genera: Anthochortus Calorophus Chordifex Desmocladus Empodisma Loxocarya Mastersiella Platycaulos Restio Stenotalis
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Alexgeorgea
- Anarthria
- Anthochortus
- Aphelia
- Apodasmia
- Askidiosperma
- Baloskion
- Calorophus
- Cannomois
- Catacolea
- Centrolepis
- Ceratocaryum
- Chaetanthus
- Chordifex
- Coleocarya
- Cytogonidium
- Dapsilanthus
- Desmocladus
- Dielsia
- Elegia
- Empodisma
- Eurychorda
- Gaimardia
- Hopkinsia
- Hydrophilus
- Hypodiscus
- Hypolaena
- Lepidobolus
- Leptocarpus
- Lepyrodia
- Loxocarya
- Lyginia
- Mastersiella
- Meeboldina
- Melanostachya
- Nevillea
- Platycaulos
- Platychorda
- Restio
- Rhodocoma
- Soroveta
- Sporadanthus
- Staberoha
- Taraxis
- Thamnochortus
- Tremulina
- Tyrbastes
- Willdenowia
- Winifredia















