Hyperthelia

Hyperthelia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Andropogoninae
Genus: Hyperthelia
Species: H. colobantha – H. cornucopiae – H. dissoluta – H. edulis – H. kottoensis – H. polychaeta

Name

Hyperthelia Clayton, Kew Bull. 20: 438 (1966 publ. 1967)

• Type species: Hyperthelia dissoluta (Nees ex Steud.) Clayton, Kew Bull. 20: 441 (1967)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Togo. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Rwanda, DR Congo. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan-South Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Northern Provinces. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America (introduced) Regional: Central America El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. Regional: Western South America Colombia. Regional: Brazil Brazil Southeast, Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Paraguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Clayton, W.D. 1967. Kew Bulletin 20: 438.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Hyperthelia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Oct 7. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Hyperthelia. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Hyperthelia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Hyperthelia. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• മലയാളം: ഹൈപ്പർതീലിയ

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