''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 Liberia
Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to Guinea–Liberia border, its north, Ivory Coast to Ivory Coast–Lib ...
to Uganda
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and south to Angola
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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[
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References
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Marantaceae
Zingiberales genera