Gyrocarpus

Gyrocarpus is a small genus of flowering plants in the Hernandiaceae family with a wide pantropical distribution.

Gyrocarpus
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

See text

Species

  • 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

    • 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. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02306.x.


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