| Hyperthelia | |
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| inflorescences of H. dissoluta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Andropogoninae |
| Genus: | Hyperthelia Clayton |
| Type species | |
| Hyperthelia dissoluta (Nees ex Steud.) Clayton[1]
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Hyperthelia is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[2][3]
- Hyperthelia colobantha Clayton - Central African Rep
- Hyperthelia cornucopiae (Hack.) Clayton - Central African Rep, Chad, South Sudan
- Hyperthelia dissoluta (Nees ex Steud.) Clayton - most of sub-Saharan Africa incl Madagascar; naturalized in Latin America
- Hyperthelia edulis (C.E.Hubb.) Clayton - South Sudan
- Hyperthelia kottoensis Desc. & Mazade - Central African Rep
- Hyperthelia polychaeta Clayton - Central African Rep
- ^ Tropicos, Hyperthelia Clayton
- ^ Clayton, William Derek. 1967. Kew Bulletin 20: 438
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ The Plant List search for Hyperthelia