Hypodiscus

Hypodiscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Restionaceae
Genus:	Hypodiscus Nees
Type species
Hypodiscus aristatus (Thunb.) C.Krauss. [1]
Synonyms [2]
BoeckhiaKunth LepidanthusNees 1830 not Nutt. 1837 (syn of Phyllanthopsis in Phyllanthaceae) nor Nutt. 1841 (syn of Matricaria in Asteraceae) LeucoploeusNees

Hypodiscus is a group of plants in the Restionaceae named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck and described as a genus in 1836. ^{[1] [3]}

The entire genus is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. ^[2]

Species

15 species are accepted. ^[2]

• Hypodiscus alboaristatus (Nees) Mast.
• Hypodiscus alternans Pillans
• Hypodiscus argenteus (Thunb.) Mast.
• Hypodiscus aristatus (Thunb.) C.Krauss
• Hypodiscus laevigatus (Kunth) H.P.Linder
• Hypodiscus montanus Esterh.
• Hypodiscus neesii Mast.
• Hypodiscus procurrens Esterh.
• Hypodiscus rigidus Mast.
• Hypodiscus rugosus Mast.
• Hypodiscus squamosus Esterh.
• Hypodiscus striatus (Kunth) Mast.
• Hypodiscus sulcatus Pillans
• Hypodiscus synchroolepis (Steud.) Mast.
• Hypodiscus willdenowia (Nees) Mast.

Formerly included

species included at one time in Hypodiscus but now in other genera ( Cannomois and Willdenowia )

• Hypodiscus dodii - Willdenowia humilis
• Hypodiscus nitidus - Cannomois nitida

References

1. Tropicos, Hypodiscus Endl.
2. "Hypodiscus Nees". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 15 October 2025.
3. Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1836. Introduction to the Natural System of Botany 450

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, Hypodiscus aristatus