Hylebates

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|taxon = Hylebates

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|type_species = Hylebates cordatus

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Hylebates is a genus of African plants in the grass family.Chippindall, Lucy Katherine Armitage 1945. Journal of South African Botany 11: 127-128[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00305.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]

; Species[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=419655 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Hylebates The Plant List search for Hylebates]Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

• Hylebates chlorochloe (K.Schum.) Napper – Tanzania, Kenya
• Hylebates cordatus Chippind. – Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe