Hypocalyptus

Hypocalyptus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume 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.

Hypocalyptus
Hypocalyptus sophoroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Hypocalypteae

(Yakovlev) A. L. Schutte and Van Wyk B-E.
Genus:
Hypocalyptus

Thunb. (1800)
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Crotalaria sect. Purpureae Benth.
  • Duvalia Bonpl. (1813), nom. illeg.
  • Loddigesia Sims (1808)

The genus belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and is the only genus found in tribe Hypocalypteae.

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