''Hybanthus'' (green-violet) is a

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s in the family

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. This genus name is

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for "humpback flower", referring to the drooping

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of plants that are part of this genus. The genus is grossly

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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'' (

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*'' Hybanthus calycinus'' (

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) F.Muell. *'' Hybanthus concolor'' *'' Hybanthus cymulosus'' C.A.Gardner *'' Hybanthus debilissimus'' F.Muell. *''

Hybanthus enneaspermus ''Hybanthus'' (green-violet) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Violaceae. This genus name is Greek language, Greek for "humpback flower", referring to the drooping Pedicel (botany), pedicels of plants that are part of this genus. The g ...

'' (L.) F.Muell. *'' Hybanthus epacroides'' (L.)

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Hybanthus floribundus ''Hybanthus floribundus'' (shrub violet) is a plant in the Violaceae family, found in southern Western Australia, southern South Australia, Victoria and southern New South Wales. ''Hybanthus floribundus'' was first described as ''Pigea floribu ...

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) 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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* Violaceae genera Taxa named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin {{Violaceae-stub