Hypocalyptus

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.^[3]

Hypocalyptus
Hypocalyptus sophoroides
Scientific classification
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.[1]
Genus:	Hypocalyptus Thunb. (1800)
Species
See text.
Synonyms[1][2]
Crotalaria sect. Purpureae Benth. Duvalia Bonpl. (1813), nom. illeg. Loddigesia Sims (1808)

The genus belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and is the only genus found in tribe Hypocalypteae.^[4][5]

Species

Hypocalyptus comprises the following species:^{[3][1][6][7][8]}

• Hypocalyptus coluteoides (Lam.) R. Dahlgren
• Hypocalyptus oxalidifolius (Sims) Baill.
• Hypocalyptus sophoroides (P.J.Bergius) Baill.

Formerly placed here

• Hypocalyptus calyptratus (Retz.) Thunb. is a synonym of Podalyria calyptrata
• Hypocalyptus capensis Thunb. is a synonym of Virgilia oroboides subsp. oroboides
• Hypocalyptus pedunculatus (Thunb.) Thunb. is a synonym of Podalyria biflora^[9]
• Hypocalyptus sericeus Thunb. is a synonym of Podalyria leipoldtii^[10]