# Hypodiscus

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***Hypodiscus*** is a group of plants in the [Restionaceae](/source/Restionaceae) named by [Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck](/source/Christian_Gottfried_Daniel_Nees_von_Esenbeck) and described as a genus in 1836.[1][2]

The entire genus is [endemic](/source/Endemic) to the [Cape Provinces](/source/Cape_Provinces) of [South Africa](/source/South_Africa).[3]

## Species

15 species are accepted.[3]

- *[Hypodiscus alboaristatus](/source/Hypodiscus_alboaristatus)* (Nees) Mast.
- *[Hypodiscus alternans](/source/Hypodiscus_alternans)* Pillans
- *[Hypodiscus argenteus](/source/Hypodiscus_argenteus)* (Thunb.) Mast.
- *[Hypodiscus aristatus](/source/Hypodiscus_aristatus)* (Thunb.) C.Krauss
- *[Hypodiscus laevigatus](/source/Hypodiscus_laevigatus)* (Kunth) H.P.Linder
- *[Hypodiscus montanus](/source/Hypodiscus_montanus)* Esterh.
- *[Hypodiscus neesii](/source/Hypodiscus_neesii)* Mast.
- *[Hypodiscus procurrens](/source/Hypodiscus_procurrens)* Esterh.
- *[Hypodiscus rigidus](/source/Hypodiscus_rigidus)* Mast.
- *[Hypodiscus rugosus](/source/Hypodiscus_rugosus)* Mast.
- *[Hypodiscus squamosus](/source/Hypodiscus_squamosus)* Esterh.
- *[Hypodiscus striatus](/source/Hypodiscus_striatus)* (Kunth) Mast.
- *[Hypodiscus sulcatus](/source/Hypodiscus_sulcatus)* Pillans
- *[Hypodiscus synchroolepis](/source/Hypodiscus_synchroolepis)* (Steud.) Mast.
- *[Hypodiscus willdenowia](/source/Hypodiscus_willdenowia)* (Nees) Mast.

**Formerly included**

species included at one time in *Hypodiscus* but now in other genera (*[Cannomois](/source/Cannomois)* and *[Willdenowia](/source/Willdenowia_(plant))*)

- *Hypodiscus dodii - [Willdenowia humilis](/source/Willdenowia_humilis)*
- *Hypodiscus nitidus - [Cannomois nitida](/source/Cannomois_nitida)*

## References

1. [Tropicos, *Hypodiscus* Endl.](http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40029954)

1. Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1836. Introduction to the Natural System of Botany 450

1. ["*Hypodiscus* Nees"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331215-2). *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Kew). Retrieved 15 October 2025.

## External links

- [photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, *Hypodiscus aristatus*](http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100181627)

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