Hypocalyptus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Hypocalypteae
Genus: Hypocalyptus
Species: H. coluteoides – H. oxalidifolius – H. sophoroides
Name

Hypocalyptus Thunb., 1800
Synonyms

Duvalia Bonpl.
Loddigesia Sims

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
Southern Africa
Cape Provinces.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Thunberg, C.P. 1800. Prodromus Plantarum Capensium, quas in promontorio Bonae Spei Africes, annis 1772–1775, collegit Carol. Pet. Thunberg. Pars posterior pp. [85] 191. Uppsala, J. Edman. BHL Reference page. : 124

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Hypocalyptus. Accessed: 2021 Sep 25.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Hypocalyptus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sep 25. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Hypocalyptus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sep 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Hypocalyptus. Published online. Accessed: 25 Sep 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Hypocalyptus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sep 25.

Vernacular names

Hypocalyptus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and is the only genus found in Tribe Hypocalypteae.[3][4]
Species

Baphia comprises the following species:[1][5][6][7]

Hypocalyptus coluteoides (Lam.) R. Dahlgren
Hypocalyptus oxalidifolius (Sims) Baill.
Hypocalyptus sophoroides (P. J. Bergius) Baill.

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved:[7]

Hypocalyptus calyptratus (Retz.) Thunb.
Hypocalyptus capensis Thunb.
Hypocalyptus cordifolius Taub.
Hypocalyptus oxalidifolius (Sims) Phillips
Hypocalyptus pedunculatus (Thunb.) Thunb.
Hypocalyptus sericeus Thunb.

References

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.
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.
"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.