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: species 1. \n* Hypselodelphys hirsuta - Cameroon, Gabon, Eq Guinea 2. \n* Hypselodelphys lopei - Gabon 3. \n* Hypselodelphys poggeana - trop Africa from Liberia to Angola 4. \n* Hypselodelphys scandens - C Africa from Nigeria to Uganda + Angola 5. \n* Hypselodelphys triangularis - Liberia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo 6. \n* Hypselodelphys velutina - Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast 7. \n* Hypselodelphys violacea - trop Africa from Liberia to Angola 8. \n* Hypselodelphys zenkeriana - Cameroon, Gabon, Eq Guinea, Congo Rep, Zaire