{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in Eudicot family Violaceae}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Hybanthus enneaspermus in Talakona forest, AP W IMG 8537.jpg |image_caption = ''Hybanthus enneaspermus'' at Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India. |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Hybanthus |authority = Jacq. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = ''See text'' |synonyms = * ''Acentra'' <small>Phil.</small> * ''Calceolaria'' <small>Loefl.</small> * ''Clelandia'' <small>J.M.Black</small> * ''Cubelium'' <small>Raf. ex Britton & A.Br.</small> * ''Ionidium'' <small>Vent.</small> |synonyms_ref={{sfn|POTWO|2020}} }}
'''''Hybanthus''''' ('''green-violet''')<ref>{{PLANTS|id=HYBAN|taxon=Hybanthus|accessdate=15 May 2015}}</ref> is a genus of flowering plants in the family Violaceae. This genus name is Greek for "humpback flower", referring to the drooping pedicels of plants that are part of this genus. The genus is grossly polyphyletic and may contain up to nine different genera, of which ''Pombalia'' Vand., ''Cubelium'' Raf. and ''Pigea'' DC. have been previously recognised.<ref>G. A. Wahlert, T. Marcussen, J. Paula-Souza, Min Feng, and H. E. Ballard, Jr. A Phylogeny of the Violaceae (Malpighiales) Inferred from Plastid DNA Sequences: Implications for Generic Diversity and Intrafamilial Classification. Systematic Botany 39. 1. 239-252. 2014</ref>
==Species==
''Hybanthus'' contains the following species:
*''Hybanthus attenuatus'' *''Hybanthus aurantiacus'' <small>(Benth.) F.Muell.</small><ref name=APNI/> *''Hybanthus calycinus'' <small>(DC.) F.Muell.</small><ref name=APNI/> *''Hybanthus concolor'' *''Hybanthus cymulosus'' <small>C.A.Gardner</small><ref name=APNI/> *''Hybanthus debilissimus'' <small>F.Muell.</small><ref name=APNI/> *''Hybanthus enneaspermus''<small> (L.) F.Muell.</small><ref name=APNI/> *''Hybanthus epacroides''<small> (L.) Melch.</small><ref name=APNI/> *''Hybanthus floribundus'' <small>(Lindl.) F.Muell.</small><ref name=APNI/> *''Hybanthus linearifolius'' *''Hybanthus monopetalus'' <small>(Schult.) Domin</small><ref name=APNI/> *''Hybanthus stellarioides'' <small>(Domin) P.I.Forst.</small><ref name=APNI/> *''Hybanthus vernonii'' <small>(F.Muell.) F.Muell.</small> <ref name=APNI/> *''Hybanthus verticillatus'' *''Hybanthus volubilis'' <small>E.M.Benn.</small><ref name=APNI>{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=HYBANTHUS|title=''Hybanthus'' |accessdate=2008-10-02|work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== Bibliography == {{refbegin}} * {{cite web |last=POTWO|title=Hybanthus Jacq. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331666-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |accessdate=6 March 2020|ref={{harvid|POTWO|2020}}}}
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Category:Hybanthus Category:Violaceae genera Category:Taxa named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
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