Gynatrix
Appearance
Gynatrix | |
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Gynatrix pulchella at Mount Waverley, Victoria | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Subfamily: | Malvoideae |
Tribe: | Malveae |
Genus: | Gynatrix Alef.[1] |
Species | |
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Gynatrix is a genus of dioecious flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, endemic to south-east Australia.[2]
There are two species within the genus:
- Gynatrix pulchella (Willd.) Alef. – (Hemp bush, Aboriginal hemp), a shrub to 3 metres in height with white or cream flowers that occurs in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania.[2]
- Gynatrix macrophylla N.G.Walsh – (Gippsland hemp bush), a rare shrub that occurs in eastern Victoria.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gynatrix". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 7 September 2008.
- ^ a b c "The Gynatrix Page". Malvacae Info. Retrieved 7 September 2008.
- ^ Ross, J.H.& N.G. Walsh (2003). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria (Seventh ed.).[permanent dead link]