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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.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 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
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Vinicius Alves, M., W. W. Thomas, and M. D. Lapa Wanderley. (2002). New species of Hypolytrum Rich. (Cyperaceae) from the Neotropics. Brittonia 54:2 124–34.