''Hypselodelphys'' is a group of plants in the

Marantaceae The Marantaceae are a family, the arrowroot family, or the prayer plant family, of flowering plants consisting of 31 genera and around 530 species, defining it as one of the most species-rich families in its order. Kennedy, H. (2000). “Diversif ...

described as a genus in 1950.Tropicos, Hypselodelphys (K.Schum.) Milne-Redh
/ref> native to tropical Africa from

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and south to

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Hypselodelphys''
/ref>Edgar Wolston Bertram Handsley Milne-Redhead. 1950. Kew. Bull. 1950: 160. It contains 8 recognized species: ; species

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10299104 Marantaceae Zingiberales genera