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088.0000 Family Hernandiaceae Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 11: 550 (1826), nom. cons.
5 genera, 70 spp.
Species listed in database: 70
= Gyrocarpaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 13, 14 (1829)
= Illigeraceae Blume; Nov. Pl. Expos. 12 (1833)
088.1001 Genus Gyrocarpus Jacq.; Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. 282, t. 178, f. 80 (1763)
Distribution: Mexico and Central America, 2 E-Africa, 1 pantropical
Species listed in database: 5
species :
Gyrocarpus americanus Jacq.; Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. 282 (1763)
subspecies :
subsp. americanus
Name: Propeller Tree
Distribution: Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Sri Lanka; Andaman Isl. (South Andaman Isl.); Myanmar (Rakhine, Taninthayi, Yangon); Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Penang, very rare); Palawan; Philippines (Luzon, Marinduque); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali); Christmas Isl. [Austr.]; New Guinea (Papua New Guinea); Solomon Isl.; Australia (N-Western Australia, Northern Territory, N-Queensland); New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Tonga (Tongatapu, ´Eua); Fiji; +American Samoa (+Aunu´u, +Ofu); Society Isl. (Tahiti); ?Austral Isl.; Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Córdoba, La Guajira, Magdalena, Santander, Sucre); Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Aragua, Carabobo, Cojedes, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Trujillo, Zulia)
40 LDV MDV SRL 41 AND CBD MYA THA VIE 42 JAW LSI MLY NWG PHI PLW XMS 43 SOL 50 AUS 60 ASA FIJ NWC TON VAN 61 SCI 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC 82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Gyrocarpus acuminatus Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(1): 248 (1864)
= Gyrocarpus asiaticus Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4: 982 (1806)
= Gyrocarpus jacquinii Roxb.; Pl. Coromandel 1: t. 1 (1795), Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 1: 465 (1820), Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 1: 445 (1832), nom. illeg.
= Gyrocarpus jacquinii Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 92 (1791) (nom. illeg.)
= Gyrocarpus lobatus Blanco; Fl. Filip., ed. 2 [Blanco] 54 (1845)
= Gyrocarpus rugosus R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 405 (1810)
subspecies :
subsp. africanus Kubitzki; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 89: 185 (1969)
Distribution: Mauritania [I]; Sudan; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo); Madagascar; Chagos Arch. (Diego Garcia)
22 mtn 24 SUD 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF 29 CGS MDG
subspecies :
subsp. pachyphyllus Kubitzki; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 89: 185 (1969)
Distribution: Australia (NW-Western Australia: Broome, through the Kimberley, Western Australia, N-Northern Territory to near Katherine)
50 AUS
subspecies :
subsp. pinnatilobus Kubitzki; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 89: 185 (1969)
Distribution: Mauritania; Senegal; Guinea; Mali
22 GUI MLI MTN SEN
subspecies :
subsp. sphenopterus (R.Br.) Kubitzki; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 89: 185 (1969)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon); Lesser Sunda Isl. (Sumbawa); Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, E to Chillagoe and S to near Charters Towers)
42 LSI PHI 50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Gyrocarpus sphenopterus R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 405 (1810)
species :
Gyrocarpus angustifolius (Verdc.) Thulin; Kew Bull. 46(2): 278 (1991)
Distribution: E-Ethiopia; Somalia; N-Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Gyrocarpus hababensis var. angustifolius Verdc.; (1967)
species :
Gyrocarpus hababensis Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 9: 132 (1911)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; NE-Kenya
24 DJI ERI ETH SOM 25 KEN
species :
Gyrocarpus jatrophifolius Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 89: 128 (1925)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); ?Guatemala; Honduras; Costa Rica
79 MEX 80 COS HON
species :
Gyrocarpus mocinoi Espejo; Acta Bot. Mex. 13: 48 (1991) (nom. nov.)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla); Guatemala
79 MEX 80 GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Gyrocarpus pavonii Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 89: 128 (1925) (in syn.)
= Gyrocarpus americanus var. pavonii Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(1): 248 (1864)
= Gyrocarpus jatrophifolius var. pavonii (Meisn.) Domin
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