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]
Boeckhia Kunth Lepidanthus Nees 1830 not Nutt. 1837 (syn of Phyllanthopsis in Phyllanthaceae) nor Nutt. 1841 (syn of Matricaria in Asteraceae) Leucoploeus Nees

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