Hypselodelphys

Hypselodelphys is a group of plants in the Marantaceae described as a genus in 1950. native to tropical Africa from Liberia to Uganda and south to Angola. It contains 8 recognized species:

• Hypselodelphys hirsuta – Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
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• Hypselodelphys lopei – Gabon

• Hypselodelphys poggeana – tropical Africa from Liberia to Angola

• Hypselodelphys scandens – Central Africa from Nigeria to Uganda and Angola

• Hypselodelphys triangularis – Liberia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo

• Hypselodelphys velutina – Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast

• Hypselodelphys violacea – tropical Africa from Liberia to Angola

• Hypselodelphys zenkeriana – Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo