| Gyrocarpus | |
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| Illustration of Gyrocarpus americanus by William Roxburgh, 1795 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Hernandiaceae |
| Genus: | Gyrocarpus Jacq. (1763) |
| Species | |
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Gyrocarpus is a small genus of flowering plants in the Hernandiaceae family with a wide pantropical distribution.1
Species
Five species are accepted.1
- Gyrocarpus americanus Jacq. – Pantropical
- Gyrocarpus angustifolius (Verdc.) Thulin – eastern Ethiopia, northern Kenya, and Somalia
- Gyrocarpus hababensis Chiov. – Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, and northern Kenya
- Gyrocarpus jatrophifolius Domin – Mexico and Central America
- Gyrocarpus mocinoi Espejo – central and southern Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador
References
References
- "Gyrocarpus Jacq". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- 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.