Gyrocarpus
Gyrocarpus | |
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Illustration of Gyrocarpus americanus by William Roxburgh, 1795 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Laurales |
Family: | Hernandiaceae |
Genus: | Gyrocarpus N.J. Jacquin, 1763 |
Species | |
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Gyrocarpus is a small genus of flowering plants in the Hernandiaceae family with a wide pantropical distribution.
Species
[edit]- Gyrocarpus americanus Jacq. (Pantropical)
- Gyrocarpus angustifolius (Verdc.) Thulin (Africa)
- Gyrocarpus hababensis Chiov. (Africa)
- Gyrocarpus jatrophifolius Domin (Central and North America)
- Gyrocarpus mocinnoi Espejo (Mexico)
References
[edit]- Michalak, Ingo; Zhang Li-Bing; Renner, Susanne S. (2010-05-11). "Trans-Atlantic, trans-Pacific and trans-Indian Ocean dispersal in the small Gondwanan Laurales family Hernandiaceae". Journal of Biogeography. 37 (7): 1214–1226. Bibcode:2010JBiog..37.1214M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02306.x.