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Gyrocarpus
Sign in to saveGyrocarpus is a small genus of flowering plants in the Hernandiaceae family with a wide pantropical distribution.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLaurales
- FamilyHernandiaceae
General: (Gyrocarpus and Sparattanthelium) and Hernandioideae (Hernandia Flower: Flowers hermaphrodite (Gyrocarpus, Sparattanthelium Inflorescence: or corymbose; bracteoles absent (Gyrocarpus, Sparattanthelium Appearance: ). Cystoliths often present (Gyrocarpus, Sparattanthelium). Flowers Fruit: by accrescent perianth-segments (>i>Gyrocarpus), or wingless
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 139
- With media
- 96
- Family
- Hernandiaceae
- Collections
- FMNH, INECOL, FC-UNAM, USNM, IBUNAM, MEL
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, India, Tonga, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Colombia, Fiji
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hernandiaceae
- Image
- Gyrocarpus jacquinii.jpg
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- Category:Gyrocarpus
- taxon name
- Gyrocarpus
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- Commons category
- Gyrocarpus
- taxon common name
- 旋翼果属
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Encyclopedic overview
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Gyrocarpus is a small genus of flowering plants in the Hernandiaceae family with a wide pantropical distribution.
==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)
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