Hypocalyptus
| Hypocalyptus | |
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| Hypocalyptus sophoroides | |
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| 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. |
| Genus: | Hypocalyptus Thunb. (1800) |
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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.
The genus belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and is the only genus found in tribe Hypocalypteae.
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