Hypocalyptus | |
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Hypocalyptus sophoroides | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Clade: | Meso-Papilionoideae |
Clade: | Non-protein amino acid-accumulating clade |
Tribe: | Hypocalypteae (Yakovlev) A. L. Schutte and Van Wyk B-E.[1] |
Genus: | Hypocalyptus Thunb. (1800) |
Species | |
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Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Hypocalyptus is a genus of flowering plants in the 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.[3]
The genus belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and is the only genus found in tribe Hypocalypteae.[4][5]