Hypolytrum

{{Short description|Genus of grass-like plants}}

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|image_caption = Hypolytrum bullatum

|taxon = Hypolytrum

|authority = Rich.

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• Beera P.Beauv. in T.G.Lestiboudois
• Tunga Roxb.
• Albikia J.Presl & C.Presl

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Hypolytrum is a genus of plant in the family Cyperaceae. It contains approximately 60–70 species, native to tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, Latin America and various oceanic islands.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=249605 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=116247 Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 168, 割鸡芒属 ge ji mang shu, Hypolytrum Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 70. 1805. ]Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil [https://web.archive.org/web/20100526002559/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/] Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroStevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.

Species include:

• Hypolytrum amorimii
• Hypolytrum bahiense
• Hypolytrum bullatum
• Hypolytrum heterophyllum
• Hypolytrum jardimii
• Hypolytrum leptocalamum
• Hypolytrum nemorum
• Hypolytrum paraense
• Hypolytrum pseudomapanioides, D.A.Simpson & Lye in press
• Hypolytrum subcompositus, Lye & D.A.Simpson