Hybanthus (green-violet) 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.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
Species
Hybanthus contains the following species:
Hybanthus attenuatus Hybanthus aurantiacus (Benth.) F.Muell. Hybanthus calycinus (DC.) F.Muell. Hybanthus concolor Hybanthus cymulosus C.A.Gardner Hybanthus debilissimus F.Muell. Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.) F.Muell. Hybanthus epacroides (L.) Melch. Hybanthus floribundus (Lindl.) F.Muell. Hybanthus linearifolius Hybanthus monopetalus (Schult.) Domin Hybanthus stellarioides (Domin) P.I.Forst. Hybanthus vernonii (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Hybanthus verticillatus Hybanthus volubilis E.M.Benn.
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