Hypolaena

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Restionaceae
Subfamilia: Leptocarpoideae
Genus: Hypolaena
Species: H. caespitosa – H. exsulca – H. fastigiata – H. humilis – H. pubescens – H. robusta – H. viridis
Name

Hypolaena R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 251 (1810) nom. cons.

Type species: Hypolaena fastigiata R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 251 (1810)

Note: Some authorities accept Calorophus Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. 2: 78 (1806) as a synonym of this genus (Tropicos, 2015). However, this is not accepted by Govaerts et al. (2015) and Briggs and Linder (2009), therefore it has its own page on Wikispecies.

References

Brown, R. (1810) Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 251. BHL
Briggs, B.G. & Linder, H.P. 2009. A new subfamilial and tribal classification of Restionaceae (Poales). Telopea 12(3): 333–345. PDF Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Hypolaena in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 July 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Hypolaena. Published online. Accessed: July 25 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Hypolaena. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 July 25.

Hypolaena is a plant genus in the family Restionaceae, described as a genus in 1810.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to Australia.[3]

Species[4][5]

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[3]

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
References

Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 251 in Latin.
Tropicos, Hypolaena R. Br.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
"Hypolaena". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
"Hypolaena". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.